Post: | Leader of the Opposition West Bengal Legislative Assembly |
Insigniasize: | 150 |
Insigniacaption: | Seal of West Bengal Government |
Incumbent: | Suvendu Adhikari |
Incumbentsince: | 10 May 2021 |
Style: | The Hon’ble |
Termlength: | 5 years Till the Assembly Continues |
Appointer: | Speaker of the Assembly |
Member Of: | West Bengal Legislative Assembly |
Reports To: | West Bengal Government |
Nominator: | Members of the Official Opposition of the Legislative Assembly |
Seat: | Vidhan Bhaban, Kolkata |
The Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly is the politician who leads the official opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
Official Opposition[1] is a term used in West Bengal Legislative Assembly to designate the political party which has secured the second largest number of seats in the assembly. In order to get formal recognition, the party must have at least 10% of total membership of the Legislative Assembly. A single party has to meet the 10% seat criterion, not an alliance. Many of the Indian state legislatures also follows this 10% rule while the rest of them prefer single largest opposition party according to the rules of their respective houses.
Name | Term | Party | |
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Ambica Banerjee | 1996–2006 | Indian National Congress | |
Trinamool Congress | |||
Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury | 2006–2009 | Indian National Congress | |
Manas Bhunia | 2009–2011 | ||
Subhas Naskar | 2011–2016 | Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | |
Nepal Mahata | 2016–2021 | Indian National Congress | |
Mihir Goswami | 2021–Incumbent | Bharatiya Janata Party | |