LOP

As Jagan goes to court for LoP status, post vacant in many states now

September 24, 2025 4:21 pm

Of all the states with no LoP, Haryana is the only one where post not filled because of in-fighting in Congress, and not because Opposition does not have the numbers

Haryana CM Khattar slams LoP, says his statements wrong

December 29, 2022 2:01 am

In his reply given in the House, CM Khattar began taking a dig at Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda accusing the latter of “making a wrong statement about the state government having high debt”.

Not necessary to have a LoP for a strong Opposition: Speaker

February 02, 2015 12:30 am

Sumitra Mahajan said, Speaker’s hands are tied by rule book, which has defined criteria for selection of LoP.

Speaker Sumitra Mahajan defends decision on LoP, says SC made no observations against her

August 23, 2014 4:37 pm

She defended her decision of not according LoP's status to the leader of the Congress party in the House for want of numbers.

LoP issue: Citing rules, Speaker says no to Congress

August 20, 2014 9:00 am

AG has already told Speaker that Congress should not be granted the status of LoP.

Leader of Oppn: A-G tells Speaker Cong doesn’t qualify for post

July 26, 2014 12:50 am

Rohtagi has told the Speaker that this policy has been followed for nearly 60 years, and has resulted in there being no LoP at different times.

No leader of the opposition

July 26, 2014 12:20 am

Both the BJP and the Congress have helped demean the office.

Manufacturing a debate

June 01, 2014 11:42 pm

The Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act nowhere prescribes a 10 per cent minimum strength as a criterion.

Pro-BJP website flashes pics of Modhwadia,Gohil!

October 26, 2012 5:05 am

The page has been flashing on the website for the last three days,but neither the Congress nor the Election Commission of India has raised any objection.

Nirmala Sitharaman on the Leader of the Opposition controversy

August 26, 2014 10:32 am