Talk:Leader of the Opposition (India)

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Is it really so hard to find a list? john k (talk) 17:50, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Unreliable Information
I think there are many facts given in this page which are wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akhil.bharathan (talk • contribs) 12:18, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

No valid reference for the '10 % Rule'.
According to the article, the party in opposition should have atleast 10% seats in lok sabha. But the references for that statement are as follows:

1. http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/PARLIAMENT%20OF%20INDIA.htm

2. THE SALARY AND ALLOWANCES OF LEADERS OF OPPOSITION IN PARLIAMENT ACT, 1977 http://web.archive.org/web/20100116211914/http://mpa.nic.in/actopp.htm

3. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/new-house-cannot-have-opposition-leader/article6034355.ece

In the first two articles, the 10 % rule is nowhere mentioned. Both the article consist of following text:

" Definition :—In this Act, "Leader of the Opposition", in relation to either House of Parliament, means that member of the Council of States or the House of the People, as the case may be, who is, for the time being, the Leader in that House of the party In opposition to the Government having the greatest numerical strength and recognised as such by the Chairman of the Council of States or the Speaker of the House of the People, as the case may be.

Explanation .—Where there are two or more parties in opposition to the Government, in the Council of States or In the House of the People having the same numerical strength, the Chairman of the Council of States or the Speaker of the House of the people, as the case may be, shall, having regard to the status of the parties, recognise any one of the Leaders of such parties as the Leader of the Opposition for the purposes of this section and such recognition shall be final and conclusive."

The only source of this 10 % rule is the 3rd reference i.e. the newspaper report in "The Hindu" http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/new-house-cannot-have-opposition-leader/article6034355.ece

According to the report, Mr. Subhash C. Kashyap, former Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha, has stated this rule. But there are no valid references there too. How can we trust such statements only on the grounds of the seniority of Mr. Kashyap? There need to be a documentary proof of this, in order to include it in the encyclopedia.

I would suggest to remove this "10 % rule" statement from this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pranjal.saxena.7805 (talk • contribs) 07:21, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

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