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List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council

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Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Council
विरोधी पक्षनेते महाराष्ट्र विधान परिषद
since 9 August 2022
Maharashtra Legislative Council
StyleThe Hon’ble
Member ofMaharashtra Legislative Council
Reports toGovernment of Maharashtra
ResidenceMumbai
SeatMaharashtra Legislature
AppointerMembers of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
Term lengthDuring the life of the vidhan Sabha Six Years maximum
Inaugural holderMadhavrao Bayaji Gaikwad (Communist Party of India) (14 July 1960 - 23 March 1962)
DeputyBhai Jagtap
Indian National Congress
Salary - approximately

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

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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]

# Portrait Name Tenure Chief Minister Party
1 Madhavrao Bayaji Gaikwad 14 July 1960 23 March 1962 1 year, 252 days Communist Party of India
2 V. B. Gogate 27 July 1962 28 August 1966 4 years, 32 days Bharatiya Jana Sangh
3 Ramjeevan Choudhary 29 August 1966 21 July 1967 326 days
4 Uttamrao Patil 22 July 1967 26 March 1978 10 years, 247 days Vasantrao Naik

Shankarrao Chavan


Vasantdada Patil

5 Arjunrao Kasture 27 March 1978 19 July 1978 114 days Vasantdada Patil Indian Congress (Socialist)
6 Ram Meghe 28 July 1978 9 July 1980 1 year, 347 days Sharad Pawar Indian National Congress
7 Ganesh Prabhakar Pradhan 9 July 1980 7 September 1982 2 years, 60 days A. R. Antulay

Babasaheb Bhosale

Indian National Congress (Socialist)
8 Datta Meghe 7 September 1982 16 November 1984 2 years, 70 days Babasaheb Bhosale

Vasantdada Patil

9 Devidas Marotirao Karale 17 November 1984 12 December 1986 2 years, 25 days Vasantdada Patil

Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar


Shankarrao Chavan

10 R. S. Gavai 12 December 1986 20 December 1988 2 years, 8 days Shankarrao Chavan

Sharad Pawar

Republican Party of India
11 Vitthalrao Hande 23 December 1988 20 December 1990 1 year, 362 days Sharad Pawar Peasants and Workers Party of India
(10) R. S. Gavai 20 December 1990 17 July 1991 209 days Sharad Pawar

Sudhakarrao Naik

Republican Party of India
12 Pramod Navalkar 17 July 1991 2 July 1992 351 days Sudhakarrao Naik Shiv Sena
13 Anna Dange 2 July 1992 30 July 1993 1 year, 28 days Sudhakarrao Naik

Sharad Pawar

Bharatiya Janata Party
14 Sudhir Joshi 30 July 1993 30 July 1994 1 year, 0 days Sharad Pawar Shiv Sena
(13) Anna Dange 30 July 1994 18 March 1995 231 days Bharatiya Janata Party
15 Sharad Pawar 25 March 1995 21 May 1996 1 year, 57 days Manohar Joshi Indian National Congress
16 Chhagan Bhujbal 10 July 1996 9 June 1999 3 years, 99 days Manohar Joshi

Narayan Rane

10 June 1999 17 October 1999 Narayan Rane Nationalist Congress Party
17 Nitin Gadkari 23 October 1999 11 April 2005 5 years, 170 days Vilasrao Deshmukh

Sushilkumar Shinde


Vilasrao Deshmukh

Bharatiya Janata Party
18 Pandurang Pundalik Fundkar 11 April 2005 22 December 2011 6 years, 255 days Vilasrao Deshmukh

Ashok Chavan


Prithviraj Chavan

19 Vinod Tawde 23 December 2011 20 October 2014 2 years, 301 days Prithviraj Chavan
20 Dhananjay Munde 22 December 2014 24 October 2019 4 years, 306 days Devendra Fadnavis Nationalist Congress Party
21 Pravin Darekar 16 December 2019 29 June 2022 2 years, 195 days Uddhav Thackeray Bharatiya Janata Party
22 Ambadas Danve 9 August 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 135 days Eknath Shinde Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)

Deputy leaders of the opposition

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Portrait Name Term of office Chairmen of the House Party
- Niranjan Davkhare 16 December 2019 29 June 2022 2 years, 195 days Bharatiya Janata Party
- Bhai jagtap Bhai Jagtap 17 August 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 127 days Indian National Congress

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Legislative Council Leaders of the Opposition" (PDF) (in Marathi). Retrieved 8 April 2021.