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
Seal of Maharashtra.svg
since 9 August 2022
Maharashtra Legislative Council
Style The Hon’ble
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
Reports to Government of Maharashtra
Residence Mumbai
Seat Maharashtra Legislature
AppointerMembers of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
Term length During the life of the vidhan Sabha Six Years maximum
Inaugural holderMadhavrao Bayaji Gaikwad (Communist Party of India)(14 July 1960 - 23 March 1962)
Deputy Bhai 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.

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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]

#PortraitNameTenure Chief Minister Party
1Madhavrao Bayaji Gaikwad14 July 196023 March 19621 year, 252 days Communist Party of India
2V. B. Gogate27 July 196228 August 19664 years, 32 days Bharatiya Jana Sangh
3Ramjeevan Choudhary29 August 196621 July 1967326 days
4 Uttamrao L Patil.jpg Uttamrao Patil 22 July 196726 March 197810 years, 247 days Vasantrao Naik

Shankarrao Chavan


Vasantdada Patil

5Arjunrao Kasture27 March 197819 July 1978114 days Vasantdada Patil Indian Congress (Socialist)
6Ram Meghe28 July 19789 July 19801 year, 347 days Sharad Pawar Indian National Congress
7Ganesh Prabhakar Pradhan9 July 19807 September 19822 years, 60 days A. R. Antulay

Babasaheb Bhosale

Indian National Congress (Socialist)
8 Datta Meghe 7 September 198216 November 19842 years, 70 days Babasaheb Bhosale

Vasantdada Patil

9Devidas Marotirao Karale17 November 198412 December 19862 years, 25 days Vasantdada Patil

Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar


Shankarrao Chavan

10 R. S. Gavai.jpg R. S. Gavai 12 December 198620 December 19882 years, 8 days Shankarrao Chavan

Sharad Pawar

Republican Party of India
11Vitthalrao Hande23 December 198820 December 19901 year, 362 days Sharad Pawar Peasants and Workers Party of India
(10) R. S. Gavai.jpg R. S. Gavai 20 December 199017 July 1991209 days Sharad Pawar

Sudhakarrao Naik

Republican Party of India
12 Pramod Navalkar 17 July 19912 July 1992351 days Sudhakarrao Naik Shiv Sena
13 Anna Dange 2 July 199230 July 19931 year, 28 days Sudhakarrao Naik

Sharad Pawar

Bharatiya Janata Party
14 Sudhir Joshi 30 July 199330 July 19941 year, 0 days Sharad Pawar Shiv Sena
(13) Anna Dange 30 July 199418 March 1995231 days Bharatiya Janata Party
15 Sharad Pawar, Minister of AgricultureCrop.jpg Sharad Pawar 25 March 199521 May 19961 year, 57 days Manohar Joshi Indian National Congress
16 Chagan Bhujbal.jpg Chhagan Bhujbal 10 July 19969 June 19993 years, 99 days Manohar Joshi

Narayan Rane

10 June 199917 October 1999 Narayan Rane Nationalist Congress Party
17 Nitin J Gadkari.JPG Nitin Gadkari 23 October 199911 April 20055 years, 170 days Vilasrao Deshmukh

Sushilkumar Shinde


Vilasrao Deshmukh

Bharatiya Janata Party
18 Pandurang Pundalik Fundkar 11 April 200522 December 20116 years, 255 days Vilasrao Deshmukh

Ashok Chavan


Prithviraj Chavan

19 Vinod Tawde in 2015.jpg Vinod Tawde 23 December 201120 October 20142 years, 301 days Prithviraj Chavan
20 Dhananjay Munde 22 December 201424 October 20194 years, 306 days Devendra Fadnavis Nationalist Congress Party
21 Sangram deshmukh with pravin darekar (cropped).jpg Pravin Darekar 16 December 201929 June 20222 years, 195 days Uddhav Thackeray Bharatiya Janata Party
22 Ambadas Danve 9 August 2022Incumbent2 years, 130 days Eknath Shinde Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)

Deputy Leaders of the opposition

PortraitNameTerm of office Chairmen of the House Party
- Niranjan Davkhare 16 December 201929 June 20222 years, 195 days Bharatiya Janata Party
- Bhai jagtap.jpeg Bhai Jagtap 17 August 2022Incumbent2 years, 122 days Indian National Congress

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References

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