List of leaders of the opposition in the Telangana Legislative Assembly

Leader of the Opposition in the Telangana Legislative Assembly తెలంగాణ రాష్ట్ర ప్రతిపక్ష నాయకుడు Telaṅgāṇa rāṣṭra pratipakṣa nāyakuḍu
Incumbent Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao since 16 December 2023
Telangana Legislative Assembly
Style	The Honourable
Status	Leader of Opposition
Member of	Telangana Legislative Assembly
Residence	No Official Residence
Nominator	Members of the Official Opposition in the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Appointer	Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Term length	5 years; no renewable limit
Inaugural holder	Kunduru Jana Reddy
Formation	2 June 2014; (10 years, 162 days ago)
Website	Leader of opposition telanganalagislature

This is a list of leaders of the opposition in the Telangana Legislative Assembly.

Leaders of the opposition

The current incumbent is Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao of the Bharata Rashtra Samithi since 9 December 2023.

After the formation of the state in 2014, Kunduru Jana Reddy of Congress party became the first leader of opposition in Telangana Legislative Assembly.

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Tenure			Chief Minister	Party
1		Kunduru Jana Reddy	Nagarjuna Sagar	3 June 2014	6 September 2018	4 years, 95 days	K. Chandrashekar Rao	Indian National Congress
2		Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka	Madhira	20 January 2019	6 June 2019	139 days
–	Vacant since no opposition party had 10% seats			6 June 2019	8 December 2023	4 years, 185 days		N/A
3		K. Chandrashekar Rao	Gajwel	16 December 2023	Incumbent	331 days	Revanth Reddy	Bharat Rashtra Samithi

Eligibility

Officially, opposition is a term used in Telangana Legislative Assembly to designate the political party which has secured the second largest number of seats in the assembly. In order to get a formal recognition, the party must have at least 10% of total membership of the Legislative Assembly. A single party has to meet the 10% seat criterion, and not an alliance. Many of the Indian state legislatures also follows this 10% rule while the rest of them prefer single largest opposition party according to the rules of their respective houses.

Role

The opposition's main role is to question the government of the day and hold them accountable to the public. 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 the ruling party which may be beneficial to the masses and opposition is expected to support such steps.

In legislature, opposition party has a major role and must act to discourage the party in power from acting against the interests of the country and the common man. They are expected to alert the population and the Government on the content of any bill, which is not in the best interests of the country.