List of leaders of the opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly explained

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Government of Madhya Pradesh
Incumbent:Umang Singhar
Incumbentsince:16 December 2023
Style:The Honourable
Termlength:5 years
Appointer:Speaker of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Inaugural:Vishwanath Yadav Tamaskar
Member Of:Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Nominator:Members of the Official Opposition of the Legislative Assembly
Status:Leader of Opposition
Seat:Vidhan Bhawan

The Leader of the Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the politician who leads the official opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Leaders of Opposition

PortraitNameConstituencyTenure[1] AssemblyParty
1Vishwanath TamaskerDurg17 December 19565 March 19571st(1952 election)Praja Socialist Party
2Chandra Pratap TiwariSidhi1 July 19577 March 19622nd(1957 election)
3Virendra SakhlechaJawad28 March 19621 March 19673rd(1962 election)Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1 March 196718 July 19674th(1967 election)
4Shyama Charan ShuklaRajim31 July 19678 September 1968Indian National Congress
5Dwarka Prasad MishraKatangi9 September 196816 February 1969
(3)Virendra SakhlechaJawad20 March 19696 January 1970Bharatiya Jana Sangh
6Vasant Sadashiv PradhanDhar7 January 197017 March 1972
7Kailash Chandra JoshiBagli28 March 197230 April 19775th(1972 election)
8Arjun SinghChurhat15 July 197717 February 19806th(1977 election)Indian National Congress
9Sunder Lal PatwaSehore4 July 198010 March 19857th(1980 election)Bharatiya Janata Party
(7)Kailash Chandra JoshiBagli23 March 19853 March 19908th(1985 election)
(4)Shyama Charan ShuklaRajim20 March 199015 December 19929th(1990 election)Indian National Congress
10Vikram VermaDhar24 December 19931 December 199810th(1993 election)Bharatiya Janata Party
11Gauri Shankar ShejwarSanchi2 February 19991 September 200211th(1998 election)
12Babulal GaurGovindpura4 September 20025 December 2003
13Jamuna DeviKukshi16 December 200311 December 200812th(2003 election)Indian National Congress
7 January 200924 September 201013th(2008 election)
14Ajay Arjun SinghChurhat15 April 201110 December 2013
15Satyadev KatareAter9 January 201420 October 201614th(2013 election)
(14)Ajay Arjun SinghChurhat27 February 201713 December 2018
16Gopal BhargavaRehli8 January 201923 March 202015th(2018 election)Bharatiya Janata Party
17Kamal NathChhindwara19 August 202029 April 2022Indian National Congress
18Lahar29 April 202216 December 2023
19Umang SingharGandhwani16 December 2023Incumbent16th(2023 election)

On 28 April 2022 Kamal Nath has resigned as the Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly.[2] All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Sonia Gandhi appointed former minister and senior party MLA from Lahar Govind Singh as Leader of Opposition.[3] After the 2023 Assembly election Aicc president Mallikarjun Kharge appointed Umang Singhar as leader of Opposition.[4]

References

  1. Web site: MP Legislative Assembly. 2021-10-17. mpvidhansabha.nic.in.
  2. Web site: Congress leader Kamal Nath resigns as Leader of Opposition in MP .
  3. Web site: Kamal Nath steps down as Madhya Pradesh CLP leader, Dr Govind Singh is new LOP | India News - Times of India . .
  4. Web site: 16 Dec 2023 . Jitu Patwari replaces Kamal Nath as Madhya Pradesh Congress chief, Umang Singhar is new LoP . 16 Dec 2023 . IndiaTV.