List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council
Appearance
Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Council | |
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विरोधी पक्षनेते महाराष्ट्र विधान परिषदे | |
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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 |
Appointer | Members of the Maharashtra Legislative Council |
Term length | During the life of the vidhan Sabha (five years maximum) |
Inaugural holder | Madhavrao 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.
Leaders of the opposition
[edit]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 | |||
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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 | ||||
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Uttamrao Patil | 22 July 1967 | 26 March 1978 | 10 years, 247 days | Vasantrao Naik
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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
|
Indian National Congress (Socialist) | ||
8 | Datta Meghe | 7 September 1982 | 16 November 1984 | 2 years, 70 days | Babasaheb Bhosale
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9 | Devidas Marotirao Karale | 17 November 1984 | 12 December 1986 | 2 years, 25 days | Vasantdada Patil
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R. S. Gavai | 12 December 1986 | 20 December 1988 | 2 years, 8 days | Shankarrao Chavan
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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 | ||
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R. S. Gavai | 20 December 1990 | 17 July 1991 | 209 days | Sharad Pawar
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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
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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 | |||
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Sharad Pawar | 25 March 1995 | 21 May 1996 | 1 year, 57 days | Manohar Joshi | Indian National Congress | |
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Chhagan Bhujbal | 10 July 1996 | 9 June 1999 | 3 years, 99 days | Manohar Joshi
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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
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Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
18 | Pandurang Pundalik Fundkar | 11 April 2005 | 22 December 2011 | 6 years, 255 days | Vilasrao Deshmukh
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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, 12 days | Eknath Shinde | Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) |
Deputy Leaders of the opposition
[edit]№ | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Chairmen of the House | Party | |||
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- | Niranjan Davkhare | 16 December 2019 | 29 June 2022 | 2 years, 195 days |
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Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
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Bhai Jagtap | 17 August 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 4 days |
|
Indian National Congress |
See also
[edit]- List of chief ministers of Maharashtra
- List of Leaders of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
- List of Leader of the Opposition of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
References
[edit]- ^ "Legislative Council Leaders of the Opposition" (PDF) (in Marathi). Retrieved 8 April 2021.