List of leaders of the opposition in the Tripura Legislative Assembly explained

Post:	Leader of the Opposition in Tripura Legislative Assembly
Insignia:	File:A delegation from Tripura led by Shri Jitendra Chaudhury, MP (Lok Sabha), calling on the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on Thursday, November 24, 2016 (cropped).jpg
Incumbent:	Jitendra Chaudhury
Incumbentsince:	6 March 2023
Style:	The Honourable
Termlength:	5 years No renewable limit
Appointer:	Speaker of Tripura assembly
Nominator:	Members of Official Opposition of the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Formation:	1 July 1963; ago
Inaugural:	Aghore Deb Barma

The Leader of the Opposition in the Tripura Legislative Assembly^[1] is an elected Member of Legislative Assembly who leads the official opposition in the Tripura Legislative Assembly. Official Opposition^{[2] [3]} is a term used in Tripura Legislative Assembly to designate the political party which has secured the second largest number of seats in Tripura assembly. In order to get formal recognition, the party must have at least 10% of total membership of the Legislative Assembly.^{[4] [5]} Since 1963, the Tripura Legislative Assembly has had 12 leaders of the opposition.

Role

The Opposition's main role is to question the government of the day and hold them accountable to the public. The Opposition is equally responsible in upholding the best interests of the people of the country.^[6] They have to ensure that the Government does not take any steps, which might have negative effects on the people of the state.^[7] There are actions of the ruling party which may be beneficial to the masses and opposition is expected to support such steps.^[8]

List of leaders of the opposition

No.	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[9]			Assembly	Appointed by	Political party
				Assumed office	Left office	Time in office
1		Aghore Debbarma		1 July 1963	December 1963		1st	Upendra Kumar Roy	Communist Party of India
2		Nripendra Chakraborty		1964	1967	More than 3 years			Communist Party of India (Marxist)
3		Bidya Debbarma	Kalyanpur	1967	1971	More than 4 years	2nd	Manindra Lal Bhowmik
		Vacant (President's rule)	N/A	1 November 1971	20 March 1972	140 days			N/A
(2)		Nripendra Chakraborty	Asharambari	29 March 1972	31 March 1977		3rd	Manindra Lal Bhowmik	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4		Munsur Ali	Boxanagar	April 1977	4 November 1977				Indian National Congress
		Vacant (President's rule)	N/A	5 November 1977	5 January 1978	61 days			N/A
5		Drao Kumar Reang	Santirbazar	24 January 1978	6 January 1983		4th	Sudhanwa Debbarma	Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti
6		Ashok Kumar Bhattacharyya	Town Bordowali	9 February 1983	31 August 1986		5th	Amarendra Sharma	Indian National Congress
7		Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar	Khayerpur	1 September 1986	4 February 1988
(2)		Nripendra Chakraborty	Pramodenagar	7 February 1988	18 February 1992		6th	Jyotirmoy Nath	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
8		Dasarath Deb	Ramchandraghat	19 February 1992	28 February 1993
		Vacant (President's rule)	N/A	11 March 1993	10 April 1993	30 days			N/A
9		Samir Ranjan Barman	Bishalgarh	8 March 1994	10 March 1998		7th	Bimal Sinha	Indian National Congress
				29 July 1998	6 February 2000		8th	Jitendra Sarkar
10		Jawahar Saha	Birganj	7 February 2000	28 February 2003
11		Ratan Lal Nath	Mohanpur	21 March 2003	3 March 2008		9th	Ramendra Chandra Debnath
				17 March 2008	28 February 2013		10th
				26 April 2013	8 March 2018		11th
12		Manik Sarkar	Dhanpur	11 March 2018	13 March 2023		12th	Rebati Mohan Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
13		Animesh Debbarma	Asharambari	24 March 2023	6 March 2024		13th	Biswa Bandhu Sen	Tipra Motha Party
14		Jitendra Chaudhury	Sabroom	6 March 2024	Incumbent				Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Leader of the Opposition, Tripura Legislative Assembly . www.tripuraassembly.nic.in . 13 March 2023.
2. Web site: Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977. Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India. 12 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20100116211914/http://mpa.nic.in/actopp.htm. 16 January 2010.
3. Web site: The Salaries, Allowances, Pension and Other Benefits of the Ministers, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Leader of Opposition, Government Chief Whip and the Members of the Legislative Assembly (Tripura). . tripuraassembly.nic.in . Tripura Legislative Assembly . 13 March 2023.
4. News: Achary . P.D.T . Leader of Opposition is a Statutory Position, the '10% Rule' is Not Founded in Law . 13 March 2023 . The Wire.
5. News: Leader of Opposition: His role and responsibilities . 13 March 2023.
6. Gehlot . N.S. . OPPOSITION IN INDIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM PROBLEM OF ROLE PERCEPTION . The Indian Journal of Political Science . 1985 . 46 . 3 . 330–352 . 13 March 2023 . 0019-5510.
7. News: Kumar . Sanjay . Why India Needs an Opposition Leader . 13 March 2023 . thediplomat.com.
8. Web site: Role of Opposition in Parliament | India. 21 July 2016.
9. Web site: Introduction Tripura Legislative Assembly . Tripura Legislative Assembly . 13 March 2023.