Leader of the Opposition ( India ) - Wikipedia Leader of the Opposition ( India ) Leader of the Opposition of India Emblem of India Incumbent None ( No opposition with more than 10 % seats ) ( in Lok Sabha ) Ghulam Nabi Azad ( in Rajya Sabha ) Website www.parliamentofindia.nic.in The Leader of the Opposition is the politician who leads the official opposition in either House of the Parliament of India. While the position also existed in former Central Legislative Assembly of British India, and holders of it there included Motilal Nehru, it received statutory recognition through the Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977 which defines the term `` Leader of the Opposition '' as that member of the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha who, for the time being, is the Leader of that House of the Party in Opposition to the Government having the greatest numerical strength and recognised, as such, by the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha or the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. However, in order to get formal recognition, the concerned party must have at least 10 % of the total strength of the House ( 55 seats in the Lok Sabha ). If any party fails to get 10 % seats in opposition, the House will not have recognised leader of the opposition. A single party has to meet the 10 % seat criteria, not an alliance. This is the most accepted or most spoken rule of appointing this post but when we refer to `` Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977 '' by which the post has got official and statutory status, the majority required is decided by the heads of the houses, that is speaker and chairman as the case maybe. Refer to definition of Leader of Opposition in the act. The Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003, clause 4, provides for the leader of the largest opposition party to be inducted as a member of the selection committee in a scenario where the lower house of parliament does not have a recognised leader of the opposition. Leaders of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha had no recognised Leader of the Opposition until 1969. The post was also vacant between 1980 and 1989. Name Party Term Lok Sabha Vacant No official opposition 26 January 1952 -- 4 April 1957 First Vacant No official opposition 4 April 1957 -- 4 March 1967 Second Third Vacant No official opposition 4 March 1967 -- 12 December 1969 Fourth Ram Subhag Singh Indian National Congress ( O ) 17 December 1969 -- 27 December 1970 Vacant No official opposition 27 December 1970 -- 30 June 1977 Fifth Y.B. Chavan Indian National Congress 1 July 1977 -- 11 April 1978 Sixth C.M. Stephen 12 April 1978 -- 9 July 1979 Y.B. Chavan 10 -- 28 July 1979 Jagjivan Ram Janata Party 29 July -- 22 August 1979 Vacant No official opposition 22 August 1979 -- 18 December 1989 Seventh Eighth Rajiv Gandhi Indian National Congress 18 December 1989 -- 23 December 1990 Ninth L.K. Advani Bharatiya Janata Party 24 December 1990 -- 13 March 1991 21 June 1991 -- 26 July 1993 Tenth Atal Bihari Vajpayee 21 July 1993 -- 10 May 1996 P.V. Narasimha Rao Indian National Congress 16 May 1996 -- 31 May 1996 Eleventh Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party 1 June 1996 -- 4 December 1997 Sharad Pawar Indian National Congress 19 March 1998 -- 26 April 1999 Twelfth Sonia Gandhi 31 October 1999 -- 6 February 2004 Thirteenth L.K. Advani Bharatiya Janata Party 21 May 2004 -- 18 May 2009 Fourteenth Sushma Swaraj 21 December 2009 -- 19 May 2014 Fifteenth Vacant No official opposition 20 May 2014 - Till date Sixteenth Source : List of Leaders of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha In Rajya Sabha until 1969, there was no Leader of the Opposition in real sense of the term. Till then, the practice was to call the Leader of the party in Opposition having the largest number of the members as the Leader of the Opposition, without according him any formal recognition, status or privilege. The office of Leader of the Opposition was given official recognition through the Salary and Allowances of Leaders of the Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977. This Act defines the Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha, as a member of the Council of States who is, for the time being, the Leader in that House of the party in opposition to the Government constituting the greatest numerical strength and recognised as such by the Chairman of the Council of States. Thus, the Leader of the Opposition should satisfy three conditions, namely, ( i ) he should be a member of the House ( ii ) the Leader in Rajya Sabha of the party in opposition to the Government having the greatest numerical strength and ( iii ) be recognised as such by the Chairman, Rajya Sabha. Following members have been the Leaders of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. Name Party Term Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra Indian National Congress ( O ) December 1969 -- March 1971 M.S. Gurupadaswamy March 1971 -- April 1972 Kamalapati Tripathi Indian National Congress 30 March 1977 -- 15 February 1978 Bhola Paswan Shastri Indian National Congress ( O ) 24 February 1978 -- 23 March 1978 Kamalapati Tripathi Indian National Congress 23 March 1978 -- 8 January 1980 6 L.K. Advani Bharatiya Jana Sangh 21 January 1980 -- 7 April 1980 7 P. Shiv Shankar Indian National Congress 18 December 1989 -- 2 January 1991 8 M.S. Gurupadaswamy Janata Dal 28 June -- 21 July 1991 9 S. Jaipal Reddy 22 July 1991 -- 29 June 1992 10 Sikander Bakht Bharatiya Janata Party 7 July 1992 -- 23 May 1996 11 Shankarrao Chavan Indian National Congress 23 May 1996 -- 1 June 1996 12 Sikander Bakht Bharatiya Janata Party 1 June 1996 -- 19 March 1998 13 Manmohan Singh Indian National Congress 21 March 1998 -- 21 May 2004 14 Jaswant Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 3 June 2004 -- 16 May 2009 15 Arun Jaitley 3 June 2009 -- 26 May 2014 16 Ghulam Nabi Azad Indian National Congress 8 June 2014 - incumbent References Jump up ^ `` Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977 ''. Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2012. Jump up ^ Parliament Of India. Legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Retrieved on 2014 - 05 - 21. Jump up ^ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/new-house-cannot-have-opposition-leader/article6034355.ece Jump up ^ http://cvc.nic.in/cvcact.pdf Jump up ^ http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/LS/ataglace.htm Jump up ^ http://www.rediff.com/news/column/ls-election-no-leader-of-oppn-there-wasnt-any-in-nehru-indira-rajiv-days/20140523.htm Jump up ^ http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/no-leader-of-the-opposition-in-the-16th-lok-sabha-sources-576622 Jump up ^ Lok Sabha. Legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Retrieved on 2014 - 05 - 21. Jump up ^ Rajya Sabha Introduction. Rajyasabha.nic.in. Retrieved on 2014 - 05 - 21. 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Question: who was the first leader of opposition in rajya sabha
Answer: Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra