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  Pakistan: Imran Khan's party declares Omar Ayub as leader of opposition in National Assembly

  World | April 02, 2024 18:33 IST

  Omar is the grandson of Pakistan's first military ruler Ayub Khan and was named as Imran Khan's PTI candidate for PM against Shehbaz Sharif. Unlike other PTI-backed independents, Omar did not join the Sunni Ittehad Council to contest internal elections and became PTI's secretary general.

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  Congress appoints Charan Das Mahant as LoP in Chhattisgarh, Deepak Baij to continue as state chief

  chhattisgarh | December 16, 2023 23:56 IST

  The Congress party has designated Charan Das Mahant as the Leader of the Opposition in Chhattisgarh and Deepak Baij will continue in his role as the state chief.

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  BJP appoints R Ashok as Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly

  Karnataka | November 17, 2023 21:24 IST

  BJP appointed R Ashok as the Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly.

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  Blaming Congress for fuel price hike is totally false, lame: Siddaramaiah

  News | September 13, 2021 16:01 IST

  Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah on September 13 said that blaming Congress for the fuel price hike is totally false and lame.

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  'Failure of Constitutional machinery pointed out by Governor': Fadnavis over vacant post of Speaker

  News | March 05, 2021 16:48 IST

  Maharashtra Governor pointed out that the post of Assembly Speaker is vacant for over a week, this is equivalent to failure of Constitutional machinery, said Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis on March 05.

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  'Will miss everyone': Ghulam Nabi Azad who soon retires as RS MP

  News | February 09, 2021 17:48 IST

  Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad who soon retires as Rajya Sabha MP said that he will miss everybody, right from the gatekeeper of the Parliament to those inside the chamber.

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  Kishanganj bridge collapse: Tejashwi Yadav calls CM Nitish Kumar 'Bhishma Pitamah' of corruption

  News | September 18, 2020 16:09 IST

  The opposition leaders of Bihar Assembly reacted over the incident in Kishanganj where the newly-constructed bridge was washed away.

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  If Gehlot thinks he has majority then he should prove it in Assembly: Kataria

  News | July 18, 2020 22:40 IST

  Rajasthan Opposition Leader of Legislative Assembly and BJP leader Gulab Chand Kataria on July 18 held a press conference in Jaipur in regards to the audio clips showed by the Congress.

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  Ramvir Bidhuri to be Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly

  India | February 24, 2020 12:21 IST

  BJP's Badarpur MLA Ramvir Singh Bidhuri was on Monday unanimously appointed by the party as the Leader of Opposition in the 7th Delhi Assembly.

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  Sonia appoints ex-CM Bhupinder Hooda leader of Cong legislature party in Haryana

  National | November 02, 2019 17:08 IST

  By virtue of being appointed the CLP leader, Hooda will be the Leader of Opposition in the newly-constituted assembly, AICC Haryana in-charge Ghulam Nabi Azad said at a press conference here

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  Govt, Opposition should hold regular interactions: Naidu

  India | June 28, 2019 16:33 IST

  Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu Friday asked the government and the opposition parties to hold regular interaction, both formal and informal, to arrive at some consensus on issues and clear pending bills.

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  Pradipta Naik appointed Odisha's Leader of Opposition

  India | June 25, 2019 8:53 IST

  The saffron party has emerged as the second-largest party in the 145-member assembly by securing 23 seats.  

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  Amit Shah to declare name of Leader of Opposition in Odisha

  India | June 23, 2019 20:53 IST

  The decision was taken at a meeting of party MLAs to select BJP legislature party leader here. The meeting was also attended by party's central observer Saroj Pandey and Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Pratap Sarangi. 

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  Congress names Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury as its leader in 17th Lok Sabha

  India | June 18, 2019 17:45 IST

  The Congress won 52 out of 542 seats. As per rules, the Congress needs one-tenth of the total seats (54) to lay claim for the Leader of the Opposition's post.

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  Wadettiwar to replace Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil as Maharashtra's new Leader of Opposition

  India | June 16, 2019 20:48 IST

  He will replace former Congressman and Leader of Opposition Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil, who switched over to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and was inducted into the Devendra Fadnavis ministry this morning.

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  Congress says it will claim for Leader of Opposition and Deputy Speaker posts

  National | June 01, 2019 13:43 IST

  Earlier in the day, Sonia Gandhi was elected as chairperson of Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP). The decision was taken in the very first meeting of newly elected Congress Lok Sabha MPs. The meeting took place in the Central Hall of Parliament.

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  Gulab Chand Kataria chosen Rajasthan assembly Leader of Opposition

  India | January 13, 2019 16:50 IST

  Senior BJP legislator Gulab Chand Kataria was on Sunday unanimously chosen as the Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly by the BJP legislature party during a meeting at the party office here.

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  BJP will not ask for LoP, will consider it offered

  National | February 23, 2015 21:27 IST

  New Delhi: The BJP, which has been reduced to three in a house of 70, expects the treasury benches to accord it the status of Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly and would not

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  Not mandatory to appoint Leader of Opposition: Centre

  National | January 14, 2015 21:38 IST

  New Delhi: The Delhi High Court was Wednesday informed by the central government that the position of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha was not a mandatory constitutional position and

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  Jharkhand leader of opposition flays CM for absence in House

  National | January 10, 2015 6:52 IST

  Ranchi: Leader of the Opposition Hemant Soren yesterday flayed Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das for his absence in the House on a day when the Assembly took up Motion of Thanks on Governor Syed Ahmed's