List of leaders of the opposition in the Bihar Legislative Council

The Leader of the Opposition is the politician who leads the official opposition in the Bihar Legislative Council. Incumbent Leader of opposition is Samrat Chaudhary.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Leader of the Opposition of Bihar Legislative Council
Seal of Bihar Government
Incumbent
Hari Sahni
since 20 August 2023
Member ofBihar Legislative Council
SeatVidhan Parishad
NominatorMembers of Official Opposition
AppointerChairman of Bihar Legislative Council
Term length5 years
No renewable limit

Leaders of the opposition
No Portrait Name Constituency Term of office Chief Minister Party
Ganga Prasad Chaurasia MLA's 20 November 2000 5 March 2005 4 years, 105 days Rabri Devi Bharatiya Janata Party
Ghulam Ghaus MLA's 18 March 2011 19 June 2013 2 years, 93 days Nitish Kumar Rashtriya Janata Dal
Sushil Modi MLA's 19 June 2013 27 July 2017 4 years, 38 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Vacant since no opposition party had 10% seats[7] 27 July 2017 12 May 2018 289 days N/A
Rabri Devi MLA's 12 May 2018 23 June 2020 2 years, 42 days Rashtriya Janata Dal
Vacant since no opposition party had 10% seats[8] 23 June 2020 11 April 2022 2 years, 47 days N/A
Rabri Devi MLA's 11 April 2022 9 August 2022 120 days Rashtriya Janata Dal
Samrat Chaudhary MLA's 24 August 2022 20 August 2023 361 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Hari Sahni MLA's 20 August 2023 Incumbent 67 days

References
  1. "Navigation". 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 25 September 2009.
  2. "Bihar: Vijay Kumar Sinha named Leader of Opposition in Assembly". Free Press Journal.
  3. "BJP to sit in Opposition in Bihar assembly". Hindustan Times.
  4. "Rabri Devi becomes opposition leader in Bihar legislative council". The Economic Times.
  5. "Former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi gets recognition as Leader of Opposition in Legislative Council". Zee News.
  6. "Ghulam Gaus is leader of Opp in council". The Times of India. 18 March 2011.
  7. "RJD's Rabri Devi fails to get Opposition leader status in Bihar legislative council". Hindustan Times.
  8. "Bihar: Rabri Devi all set to lose opposition leader position in Upper House". The Times of India.
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