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Leader of the opposition

Leader of the opposition, 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 s. and such recognition shall be final and conclusive. Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977 (33 of 1977), s. 2....


Leader of the House

Leader of the House, is a member of the Government appointed by the prime minister to control the arrangement of business in the House, the Prime Minister himself, Dictionary of Constitutional and Parliamentary Terms, Lok Sabha Secretariat, 2nd Edn., 2005, p. 232.In Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha, Leader and Official Spokesperson of the largest recognised opposition party if there is a party duly recognised as such. A parliamentary party gets recognition as a party is the House if it has one tenth of the total membership of the House. [Salary and Allowances of Leader of Opposition in Parliaments Act, 1977 (33 of 1977)]...


loss leader

loss leader : something (as merchandise) sold at a loss in order to draw customers loss-leader adj ...


majority leader

majority leader : a leader of the majority party in a legislative body ...


majority leader

The leader of the majority party in a legislature Compare minority leader...


leaders

the body of people who lead a group the leadership3 as they hung the leaders of the insurrection...


Ringleader

The leader of a circle of dancers hence the leader of a number of persons acting together the leader of a herd of animals...


Concertmeister

The head violinist or leader of the strings in an orchestra the sub leader of the orchestra concert master...


Corypheus

The conductor chief or leader of the dramatic chorus hence the chief or leader of a party or interest...


Demagogue

A leader of the rabble one who attempts to control the multitude by specious or deceitful arts an unprincipled and factious mob orator or political leader...


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