5-614: Official Opposition (20) Other Opposition (3) The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly , also known as the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha , is a unicameral governing and law making body of Uttarakhand , one of the 28 states of India . It is seated at Dehradun , the winter capital, and Gairsain , the summer capital of Uttarakhand. The total strength of the assembly is 70 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). As of March 2022, Pushkar Singh Dhami
10-649: Is the current Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and Leader of the House in the 5th Vidhan Sabha . The Speaker of the Assembly is Ritu Khanduri Bhushan . Gurmit Singh is the current Governor of Uttarakhand . Official Opposition (India) In India, Official Opposition designates largest party not supporting the ruling cabinet in the Parliament of India or a State or Territory Legislative Assembly . To get formal recognition in either upper or lower houses ,
15-478: The concerned party must have at least 10% of the total strength of the house . A single party has to meet the 10% seat criterion, not an alliance. Many of the Indian state legislatures also follow this 10% rule while the rest of them prefer single largest opposition party according to the rules of their respective houses. The Opposition's main role is to question the government of the day and hold them accountable to
20-586: The public. This also helps to fix the mistakes of the Ruling Party. The Opposition is equally responsible in upholding the best interests of the people of the country. They have to ensure that the Government does not take any steps, which might have negative effects on the people of the country. The role of the opposition in legislature is basically to check the excesses of the ruling or dominant party, and not to be totally antagonistic. There are actions of
25-620: The ruling party which may be beneficial to the masses and opposition is expected to support such steps. In legislature the Opposition Party has a major role, which is: This is the list of current opposition parties in the Parliament of India : This is the list of current opposition parties in the Legislative Assemblies of the Indian states and union territories :. (no opposition with at least 10% seats) This
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