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The '''Leaders of the Opposition of India''' ([[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]]: {{lang|hi-Latn|Bhārata ke Vipakṣa ke Netā}}) are the politicians who leads the [[Official Opposition (India)|official opposition]] in either House of the [[Parliament of India]]. The [[Leader of the Opposition]] is the parliamentary chairperson of the largest [[political party]] party in the [[Lok Sabha]] that is not in [[Government of
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]].<ref name="Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977">{{cite web|title=Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977|url=http://mpa.nic.in/actopp.htm|publisher=Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India|access-date=1 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116211914/http://mpa.nic.in/actopp.htm|archive-date=16 January 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/PARLIAMENT%20OF%20INDIA.htm Parliament Of India]. Legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Retrieved on 2014-05-21.</ref>
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