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Ten recently elected members of the Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC), including six from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), took oath connected Thursday (May 14, 2026) astatine the Vidhan Bhavan successful Mumbai.
Legislative Council chairperson Ram Shinde administered the oath to the members astatine the Central Hall successful the Vidhan Bhavan.
The recently elected members are Neelam Gorhe of the Shiv Sena, Omprakash alias Bachchu Kadu of Prahar Janshakti Party, Ambadas Danve of Shiv Sena (UBT), Pragya Satav, Pramod Jathar, Madhavi Naik, Sunil Karjatkar, Vivek Kolhe and Sanjay Bhende, each from the BJP, and Zeeshan Siddique of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
Of the 10 members, 9 were elected unopposed earlier this period successful the biennial elections, portion Pragya Satav was elected successful a byelection. She had resigned from the Upper House arsenic a Congress MLC and joined the BJP.
Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Sunetra Ajit Pawar and different elder leaders were contiguous during the swearing-in ceremony.
In the 78-member Upper House of the State legislature, determination are presently 22 vacancies — 17 of the section self-government bodies' seats and 5 Governor-nominated seats. The adjacent circular of biennial elections is scheduled successful December this twelvemonth for the graduates and teachers' seats.
