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[1]
| No
|
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
|
309 days
|
Rashtriya Janata Dal
|
|
See also
List of leaders of the opposition in the Bihar Legislative Council
References
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