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The '''Leaders of the Opposition of India''' ([[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]]: {{lang|hi-Latn|Bhārata
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 21 May 2014.</ref>
== Recognition of the Post ==
As per the 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 may be. Clause 4 of The Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003, 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
The post is often misunderstood to be given only to the party in the opposition with at least {{Fraction|1|10}}{{Sup|th}} of the numerical strength of the house, however there is no such rule as recognizing a member of the house as leader of opposition is a statutory decision. In the [[1950s]] the [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker of the House]] started the practice of recognizing [[parliamentary parties]] as ‘parties’ and ‘groups’ for the allotment of seats in the house, time for participating in the debates, rooms in [[New Parliament House, New Delhi|Parliament House]] etc.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Leader of Opposition is a Statutory Position, the '10% Rule' is Not Founded in Law |url=https://thewire.in/government/leader-of-opposition-parliament-lok-sabha |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120122123/https://thewire.in/government/leader-of-opposition-parliament-lok-sabha |archive-date=20 November 2023 |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=The Wire |language=en}}</ref>
For this purpose direction 121(c) was issued which laid down the recognition of a party or group in Lok Sabha as having “at least a strength equal to the quorum fixed to constitute a sitting of the House, that is one-tenth of the total number of members of the House”. The direction only mentions criteria for the recognition of a party or group and not of the leader of the opposition.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-26 |title=What will Rahul Gandhi’s role be as Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha? |url=https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/congress-rahul-gandhi-leader-of-opposition-lok-sabha-role-india-bloc-13786166.html |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us}}</ref>
== Deputy Leader of the Opposition ==
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