List of leaders of the opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Leader of the Opposition of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Seal of Bihar Government
since 16 February 2024
Member ofBihar Legislative Assembly
SeatRaghopur
NominatorMembers of Official Opposition
AppointerSpeaker of Bihar assembly
Term length5 years
No renewable limit

The leader of the opposition is the politician who leads the official opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Incumbent leader of opposition is Tejashwi Yadav.

Leaders of the opposition

No[1] Portrait Name Constituency Term of office Assembly

(election)

Party
1 Basawon Singh Dehri 1952 1957 4 years, 299 days 1st
(1952 election) 		Socialist Party
2 Sushil Kumar Bage Kolebira 20 May 1957 15 March 1962 4 years, 299 days 2nd
(1957 election) 		Jharkhand Party
3 Kamakhya Narain Singh Barhi 16 March 1962 16 March 1967 5 years, 0 days 3rd
(1962 election) 		Swatantra Party
4 Mahesh Prasad Singh 17 March 1967 26 February 1969 1 year, 346 days 4th
(1967 election) 		Indian National Congress
5 Bhola Paswan Shastri Korha 18 March 1969 15 March 1970 362 days 5th
(1969 election) 		Lok Tantrik Congress
6 Ramanand Tiwary Shahpur 16 March 1970 15 March 1971 364 days Samyukta Socialist Party
7 Daroga Prasad Rai Parsa 16 March 1971 28 March 1972 1 year, 12 days Indian National Congress
8 Karpoori Thakur Tajpur 6th
(1972 election) 		Samyukta Socialist Party
9 Sunil Mukherjee Patna West Communist Party of India
10 Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav Danapur 7th
(1977 election) 		Indian National Congress
11 Jagannath Mishra Jhanjharpur
(7) Karpoori Thakur Samastipur 30 June 1980 12 February 1988 7 years, 227 days 8th
(1980 election) 		Janata Party (Secular)
Sonbarsha 9th
(1985 election) 		Lokdal
12 Lalu Prasad Yadav Sonpur 18 March 1989 7 December 1989 264 days
13 Anup Lal Yadav Triveniganj 18 January 1990 19 March 1990 60 days
(10) Jagannath Mishra Jhanjharpur 20 March 1990 14 April 1994 4 years, 25 days 10th
(1990 election) 		Indian National Congress
14 Ramashray Prasad Singh Konch 29 June 1994 15 March 1995 259 days
15 Yashwant Sinha Ranchi 17 April 1995 24 January 1996 282 days 11th
(1995 election) 		Bharatiya Janata Party
16 Sushil Kumar Modi Patna Central 19 March 1996 1 March 2000 8 years, 9 days
15 March 2000 28 March 2004 12th
(2000 election)
17 Upendra Kushwaha Jandaha 29 March 2004 5 March 2005 341 days Janata Dal (United)
18 Rabri Devi Raghopur 30 November 2005 24 November 2010 4 years, 359 days 14th
(2005 election) 		Rashtriya Janata Dal
19 Abdul Bari Siddiqui Alinagar 6 December 2010 19 June 2013 2 years, 195 days 15th
(2010 election)
19 Nand Kishore Yadav Patna Sahib 19 June 2013 4 December 2015 2 years, 168 days Bharatiya Janata Party
21 Prem Kumar Gaya Town 4 December 2015 28 July 2017 1 year, 236 days 16th
(2015 election)
22 Tejashwi Yadav Raghopur 28 July 2017 9 August 2022 5 years, 12 days Rashtriya Janata Dal
17th
(2020 election)
23 Vijay Kumar Sinha Lakhisarai 24 August 2022 28 January 2024 1 year, 157 days Bharatiya Janata Party
(22) Tejashwi Yadav Raghopur 16 February 2024 incumbent 1 year, 182 days Rashtriya Janata Dal

See also

List of leaders of the opposition in the Bihar Legislative Council

References

  1. ^ "BIHAR VIDHAN SABHA/LEADER OF OPPOSITION". vidhansabha.bih.nic.in. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
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