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Leaders of the Opposition (LoPs) indispensable beryllium appointed for the upcoming Winter Session of the Maharashtra Assembly arsenic much than a twelvemonth has passed since the Assembly election, Shiv Sena (UBT) main Uddhav Thackeray said connected Saturday (December 6, 2025).
“Why is the authorities frightened of the LoP contempt having specified a majority? The LoP indispensable beryllium appointed and we person been demanding this,” Mr. Thackeray said, adding that it was Constitutional post.
“If the authorities fails to name an LoP, it volition beryllium the archetypal clip that a league volition beryllium held without an LoP. If nary LoP is appointed, past the posts of Deputy Chief Minister should besides beryllium abolished due to the fact that it’s not Constitutional,” Mr. Thackeray added.
The Shiv Sena (UBT), with 20 MLAs, the astir among the Opposition successful the State, nominated elder lawmaker Bhaskar Jadhav arsenic LoP to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. The Congress nominated Satej Patil to the station of LoP successful the Maharashtra Legislative Council aft the word of Shiv Sena (UBT) person Ambadas Danve ended successful August.
Speaking connected section assemblage elections, Mr. Thackeray said that the Supreme Court indispensable instrumentality suo motu announcement of the “mess” successful the electoral rolls successful Maharashtra, and the Opposition should marque a petition to the tribunal to not clasp the section assemblage elections until they were rectified.
The Supreme Court has ordered that elections to each section bodies successful the State beryllium held by January 31, 2026.
