16th Lok Sabha cannot have have Opposition leader – minimum members required 55

The post of Leader of the Opposition can go only to the leader of a political party and not to the leader of an alliance, whether formed before the election or after. Hence, neither the Congress, as the head of the pre-poll United Progressive Alliance (UPA), nor a post-poll grouping of regional parties in the new Lok Sabha can stake claim to the post, according to Subhash C. Kashyap, former Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha.