First time in six decades, there will be no Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Maharashtra Assembly due to the inadequate number of MLAs in the Opposition.
It’s mandatory for any opposition party to have 10% of the total strength of the Assembly, to have LoP.
With the Assembly’s strength at 288 seats, at least one opposition party must have 28 MLAs for it to be a Leader of the Opposition. In the current scenario, Congress has 16, NCP has 10, and Shiv Sena has 21 seats, which does not meet the required mandate.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led Mahayuti alliance got a landslide victory to form the government. The alliance bagged 233 out of the 288 seats, as per the final figures by the Election Commission.
The BJP emerged as the largest party, bagging 132 seats, followed by Eknath Shinde faction of Shiv Sena, winning 57 seats, and Deputy Chief Minister marking 41 seats in the fierce battle of 15th Maharashtra Assembly election.
