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Leader of the——Opposition of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Yashpal Arya since 10 April 2022
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Abbreviation	LOP
Appointer	Members of the Official Opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Term length	During the life of the Assembly (five years maximum) Renewable
Inaugural holder	Bhagat Singh Koshyari (2002–2003)
Formation	9 December 2000; 23 years ago (2000-12-09)
Website	Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

The Leader of the Opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly is: the politician who leads the official opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.

Eligibility※

Official Opposition is a term used in Uttarakhand 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.

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. 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, opposition party has a major role and must act to discourage the party in power from acting against the interests of the country and the common man. They are expected to alert the population and the Government on the content of any bill, which is not in the best interests of the country.

List of leaders of the opposition of Uttarakhand※

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term		Assembly (Election)	Party
–		Vacant	N/A	9 December 2000	14 February 2002	Interim	N/A
1		Bhagat Singh Koshyari	Kapkot	13 March 2002	17 December 2003	1st (2002)	Bharatiya Janata Party
2		Matbar Singh Kandari	Rudraprayag	17 December 2003	2 March 2007
3		Harak Singh Rawat	Lansdowne	13 March 2007	9 March 2012	2nd (2007)	Indian National Congress
4		Ajay Bhatt	Ranikhet	19 May 2012	14 March 2017	3rd (2012)	Bharatiya Janata Party
5		Indira Hridayesh	Haldwani	27 March 2017	13 June 2021†	4th (2017)	Indian National Congress
6		Pritam Singh	Chakrata	23 July 2021	11 March 2022
7		Yashpal Arya	Bajpur	10 April 2022	Incumbent	5th (2022)

List of Deputy leaders of the opposition of Uttarakhand※

See also※

• Government of Uttarakhand
• Governor of Uttarakhand
• Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
• Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
• Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
• Cabinet of Uttarakhand
• Chief Justice of Uttarakhand
• Official Opposition
• Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha
• Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha
• List of current Indian opposition leaders

References※