List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council explained

Post:Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Council
Native Name:विरोधी पक्षनेते महाराष्ट्र विधान परिषदे
Insignia:Seal of Maharashtra.svg
Insigniasize:150
Insigniacaption:Seal of the state of Maharashtra
Incumbent:Ambadas Danve
(Shiv Sena (UBT))
Incumbentsince:9 August 2022
Department:Maharashtra Legislative Council
Style:The Hon’ble
Appointer:Members of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
Termlength:During the life of the vidhan Sabha (five years maximum)
Seat:Maharashtra Legislature
Salary: - approximately
Member Of:Maharashtra Legislative Council
Reports To:Government of Maharashtra
Residence:Mumbai
Deputy:Bhai Jagtap
Inaugural:Madhavrao Bayaji Gaikwad

The Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Council is an elected Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council who leads the official opposition in the Upper house of the Maharashtra Legislature. The Leader of the opposition Maharashtra Legislative Council is the Legislature chairperson of the party with the most seats after the government party.

Leaders of the opposition

The council's opposition parties elect a Leader of the Opposition. This is commonly the leader of the largest non-government party, and is recognized as such by the chairman. The following is the list of leaders of the opposition in the council.[1]

PortraitNameTenureChief MinisterParty
1Madhavrao Bayaji Gaikwad14 July 196023 March 1962Communist Party of India
2V. B. Gogate27 July 196228 August 1966Bharatiya Jana Sangh
3Ramjeevan Choudhary29 August 196621 July 1967
4Uttamrao Patil22 July 196726 March 1978Vasantrao Naik----Shankarrao Chavan----Vasantdada Patil
5Arjunrao Kasture27 March 197819 July 1978Vasantdada PatilIndian Congress (Socialist)
6Ram Meghe28 July 19789 July 1980Sharad PawarIndian National Congress
7Ganesh Prabhakar Pradhan9 July 19807 September 1982A. R. Antulay----Babasaheb BhosaleIndian National Congress (Socialist)
8Datta Meghe7 September 198216 November 1984Babasaheb Bhosale----Vasantdada Patil
9Devidas Marotirao Karale17 November 198412 December 1986Vasantdada Patil----Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar----Shankarrao Chavan
10R. S. Gavai12 December 198620 December 1988Shankarrao Chavan----Sharad PawarRepublican Party of India
11Vitthalrao Hande23 December 198820 December 1990Sharad PawarPeasants and Workers Party of India
(10)R. S. Gavai20 December 199017 July 1991Sharad Pawar----Sudhakarrao NaikRepublican Party of India
12Pramod Navalkar17 July 19912 July 1992Sudhakarrao NaikShiv Sena
13Anna Dange2 July 199230 July 1993Sudhakarrao Naik----Sharad PawarBharatiya Janata Party
14Sudhir Joshi30 July 199330 July 1994Sharad PawarShiv Sena
(13)Anna Dange30 July 199418 March 1995Bharatiya Janata Party
15Sharad Pawar25 March 199521 May 1996Manohar JoshiIndian National Congress
16Chhagan Bhujbal10 July 19969 June 1999Manohar Joshi----Narayan Rane
10 June 199917 October 1999Narayan RaneNationalist Congress Party
17Nitin Gadkari23 October 199911 April 2005Vilasrao Deshmukh----Sushilkumar Shinde----Vilasrao DeshmukhBharatiya Janata Party
18Pandurang Pundalik Fundkar11 April 200522 December 2011Vilasrao Deshmukh----Ashok Chavan----Prithviraj Chavan
19Vinod Tawde23 December 201120 October 2014Prithviraj Chavan
20Dhananjay Munde22 December 201424 October 2019Devendra FadnavisNationalist Congress Party
21Pravin Darekar16 December 201929 June 2022Uddhav ThackerayBharatiya Janata Party
22Ambadas Danve9 August 2022IncumbentEknath ShindeShiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)

Deputy Leaders of the opposition

PortraitNameTerm of officeChairmen of the HouseParty
-Niranjan Davkhare 16 December 2019 29 June 2022 Bharatiya Janata Party
-Bhai Jagtap 17 August 2022Incumbent Indian National Congress

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Legislative Council Leaders of the Opposition . mr. 8 April 2021.