5-784: Opposition (14) The Manipur Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Manipur . The seat of the Manipur Legislative Assembly is at Imphal , the capital of the state. It is housed in the Capital Complex in the Thangmeiband locality of Imphal city. The term of the Legislative Assembly is five years, unless dissolved earlier. Presently, it comprises 60 members who are directly elected from single-seat constituencies , of which 40 are in
10-611: The Imphal Valley and 20 in the surrounding hill districts. At present, 1 assembly constituency is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and 19 assembly constituencies are reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes.The leader of Opposition is vacant since no other party has a minimum of 6 seats. Official Opposition (India) In India, Official Opposition designates largest party not supporting
15-477: 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 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
20-515: The rules of their respective houses. The Opposition's main role is to question the government of the day and hold them accountable to 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
25-548: 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 , 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
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