Opposition leader missing for sharing views (7)
I believe the answer is:
opining
'sharing views' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being present participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'opposition leader missing' is the wordplay.
'leader' suggests taking the first letters.
'missing' becomes 'pining' (pining is a kind of missing).
The first letter of 'opposition' is 'o'.
'o'+'pining'='OPINING'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for opining that I've seen before include "Thinking" , "Expressing one's view" .)