<P> The Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003, clause 4, provides for the leader of the largest opposition party to be inducted as a member of the selection committee in a scenario where the lower house of parliament does not have a recognised leader of the opposition . </P> <P> The Lok Sabha had no recognised Leader of the Opposition until 1969 . The post was also vacant between 1980 and 1989 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Party </Th> <Th> Term </Th> <Th> Lok Sabha </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vacant </Td> <Td> No official opposition </Td> <Td> 26 January 1952--4 April 1957 </Td> <Td> First </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vacant </Td> <Td> No official opposition </Td> <Td> 4 April 1957--4 March 1967 </Td> <Td> Second Third </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vacant </Td> <Td> No official opposition </Td> <Td> 4 March 1967--12 December 1969 </Td> <Td> Fourth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ram Subhag Singh </Td> <Td> Indian National Congress (O) </Td> <Td> 17 December 1969--27 December 1970 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vacant </Td> <Td> No official opposition </Td> <Td> 27 December 1970--30 June 1977 </Td> <Td> Fifth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Y.B. Chavan </Td> <Td> Indian National Congress </Td> <Td> 1 July 1977--11 April 1978 </Td> <Td> Sixth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C.M. Stephen </Td> <Td> 12 April 1978--9 July 1979 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Y.B. Chavan </Td> <Td> 10--28 July 1979 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jagjivan Ram </Td> <Td> Janata Party </Td> <Td> 29 July--22 August 1979 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vacant </Td> <Td> No official opposition </Td> <Td> 22 August 1979--18 December 1989 </Td> <Td> Seventh Eighth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rajiv Gandhi </Td> <Td> Indian National Congress </Td> <Td> 18 December 1989--23 December 1990 </Td> <Td> Ninth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> L.K. Advani </Td> <Td> Bharatiya Janata Party </Td> <Td> 24 December 1990--13 March 1991 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 21 June 1991--26 July 1993 </Td> <Td> Tenth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Atal Bihari Vajpayee </Td> <Td> 21 July 1993--10 May 1996 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> P.V. Narasimha Rao </Td> <Td> Indian National Congress </Td> <Td> 16 May 1996--31 May 1996 </Td> <Td> Eleventh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Atal Bihari Vajpayee </Td> <Td> Bharatiya Janata Party </Td> <Td> 1 June 1996--4 December 1997 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sharad Pawar </Td> <Td> Indian National Congress </Td> <Td> 19 March 1998--26 April 1999 </Td> <Td> Twelfth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sonia Gandhi </Td> <Td> 31 October 1999--6 February 2004 </Td> <Td> Thirteenth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> L.K. Advani </Td> <Td> Bharatiya Janata Party </Td> <Td> 21 May 2004--18 May 2009 </Td> <Td> Fourteenth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sushma Swaraj </Td> <Td> 21 December 2009--19 May 2014 </Td> <Td> Fifteenth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vacant </Td> <Td> No official opposition </Td> <Td> 20 May 2014 - Till date </Td> <Td> Sixteenth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> Source: </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Party </Th> <Th> Term </Th> <Th> Lok Sabha </Th> </Tr>

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