Official Opposition (India)

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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.

Role

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	style="background-color:#00BFFF;" width=10px | " |Indian National Congress	27	111
Lok Sabha	style="background-color:#00BFFF;" width=10px | " |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	style="background-color:#1569C7;" width=10px | " |YSR Congress Party	39	58
Bihar	style="background-color:#008000;" width=10px | " |Rashtriya Janata Dal	14	75
Karnataka	style="background-color:#FF9933;" width=10px | " |Bharatiya Janata Party	35	75
Maharashtra	N/A (no opposition with at least 10% seats)	–	78
Telangana	style="background-color:Template:Bharat Rashtra Samithi/meta/color;" width=10px | " |Bharat Rashtra Samithi	27	40
Uttar Pradesh	style="background-color:#FF0000;" width=10px | " |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:.

State/UT	Party	Seats	Total seats
Andhra Pradesh	N/A (no opposition with at least 10% seats)	–	175
Arunachal Pradesh	N/A (no opposition with at least 10% seats)	–	60
Assam	style="background-color:#00BFFF;" width=10px | " |Indian National Congress	22	126
Bihar	style="background-color:#008000;" width=10px | " |Rashtriya Janata Dal	25	243
Chhattishgarh	style="background-color:#00BFFF;" width=10px | " |Indian National Congress	35	90
Goa	style="background-color:#00BFFF;" width=10px | " |Indian National Congress	3	40
Gujarat	N/A (no opposition with at least 10% seats)	-	182
Haryana	style="background-color:#00BFFF;" width=10px | " |Indian National Congress	37	90
Himachal Pradesh	style="background-color:#FF9933;" width=10px | " |Bharatiya Janata Party	28	68
Jharkhand	style="background-color:#FF9933;" width=10px | " |Bharatiya Janata Party	21	81
Karnataka	style="background-color:Template:Bharatiya Janata Party /meta/color;" width=10px | " |Bharatiya Janata Party	66	224
Kerala	style="background-color:#00BFFF;" width=10px | " |Indian National Congress	21	140
Madhya Pradesh	style="background-color:#00BFFF;" width=10px | " |Indian National Congress	66	230
Maharashtra	N/A (no opposition with at least 10% seats)	–	288
Manipur	N/A (no opposition with at least 10% seats)	–	60
Meghalaya	style="background-color:#3CB371;" width=10px | " |All India Trinamool Congress	5	60
Mizoram	style="background-color:Template:Mizo National Front/meta/color;" width=10px | " |Mizo National Front	10	40
Nagaland	N/A (no opposition with at least 10% seats)	–	60
Odisha	style="background-color:#006400;" width=10px | " |Biju Janata Dal	51	147
Punjab	style="background-color:#00BFFF;" width=10px | " |Indian National Congress	16	117
Rajasthan	style="background-color:#00BFFF;" width=10px | " |Indian National Congress	69	200
Sikkim	N/A (no opposition with at least 10% seats)	–	32
Tamil Nadu	style="background-color:Template:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color;" width=10px | " |All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	60	234
Telangana	style="background-color:Template:Bharat Rashtra Samithi/meta/color;" width=10px | " |Bharat Rashtra Samithi	39	119
Tripura	style="background-color:#FF0000;" width=10px | " |Communist Party of India (Marxist)	10	60
Uttar Pradesh	style="background-color:#FF0000;" width=10px | " |Samajwadi Party	107	403
Uttarakhand	style="background-color:#00BFFF;" width=10px | " |Indian National Congress	20	70
West Bengal	style="background-color:#FF9933;" width=10px | " |Bharatiya Janata Party	70	294
Delhi	style="background-color:#5bb30e;" width=10px | " |Aam Aadmi Party	22	70
Jammu and Kashmir	style="background-color:#FF9933;" width=10px | " |Bharatiya Janata Party	29	90
Puducherry	style="background-color:Template:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color;" width=10px | " |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

• Manisha, M. (2010–2011), Parliamentary Efficacy and the Role of the Opposition: A Comparative Study of the 2nd and 14th Lok Sabha (PDF), Rajya Sabha Fellowship for Parliamentary Studies, rajyasabha.nic.in

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