Official Opposition (India)

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Politics of India Template:Multiple issues In India, Official Opposition designates largest party not supporting the ruling cabinet in the Parliament of India or a State or Territory Legislative Assembly. To get formal recognition in either upper or lower houses, the opposition party must have at least 10% of the total strength of the house.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Failed verification

Role

Template:Unsourced The Opposition's main role is to question the government of the day and hold them accountable to the public. This also helps to fix the mistakes of the Ruling Party. The Opposition is equally responsible in upholding the best interests of the people of the country. They have to ensure that the Government does not take any steps, which might have negative effects on the people of the country.

The role of the opposition in legislature is basically to check the excesses of the ruling or dominant party, and not to be totally antagonistic. There are actions of the ruling party which may be beneficial to the masses and opposition is expected to support such steps.

In legislature the Opposition Party has a major role, which is:

1. Constructive criticism of government.
2. Putting restriction on arbitrariness of ruling party.
3. Safeguarding liberty and right of people.
4. Preparation to form government.
5. Expression of public opinion.

Current official opposition parties

Parliament

This is the list of current opposition parties in the Parliament of India:

House	Party	Seats	Total seats
Rajya Sabha	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Indian National Congress	27	111
Lok Sabha	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Indian National Congress	99	249

Legislative Councils

This is the list of current opposition parties in the Legislative Councils of the Indian states:

State	Party	Seats	Total seats
Andhra Pradesh	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |YSR Congress Party	39	58
Bihar	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Rashtriya Janata Dal	14	75
Karnataka	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Bharatiya Janata Party	35	75
Maharashtra	N/A Template:Small	Template:Dash	78
Telangana	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Bharat Rashtra Samithi	27	40
Uttar Pradesh	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Samajwadi Party	10	100

Legislative Assemblies

This is the list of current opposition parties in the Legislative Assemblies of the Indian states and union territories:.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

State/UT	Party	Seats	Total seats
Andhra Pradesh	N/A Template:Small	–	175
Arunachal Pradesh	N/A Template:Small	–	60
Assam	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Indian National Congress	22	126
Bihar	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Rashtriya Janata Dal	25	243
Chhattishgarh	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Indian National Congress	35	90
Goa	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Indian National Congress	3	40
Gujarat	N/A (no opposition with at least 10% seats)	-	182
Haryana	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Indian National Congress	37	90
Himachal Pradesh	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Bharatiya Janata Party	28	68
Jharkhand	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Bharatiya Janata Party	21	81
Karnataka	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Bharatiya Janata Party	66	224
Kerala	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Indian National Congress	21	140
Madhya Pradesh	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Indian National Congress	66	230
Maharashtra	N/A Template:Small	–	288
Manipur	N/A Template:Small	–	60
Meghalaya	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |All India Trinamool Congress	5	60
Mizoram	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Mizo National Front	10	40
Nagaland	N/A Template:Small	–	60
Odisha	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Biju Janata Dal	51	147
Punjab	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Indian National Congress	16	117
Rajasthan	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Indian National Congress	69	200
Sikkim	N/A Template:Small	–	32
Tamil Nadu	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	60	234
Telangana	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Bharat Rashtra Samithi	39	119
Tripura	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Communist Party of India (Marxist)	10	60
Uttar Pradesh	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Samajwadi Party	107	403
Uttarakhand	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Indian National Congress	20	70
West Bengal	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Bharatiya Janata Party	70	294
Delhi	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Aam Aadmi Party	22	70
Jammu and Kashmir	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Bharatiya Janata Party	29	90
Puducherry	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	6	33

See also

• List of current Indian opposition leaders
• Leader of the Opposition (India)
• List of current Indian ruling and opposition parties

Further reading

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