The leader of the opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the politician who leads the official opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.
Leaders of opposition #PortraitNameConstituencyTenureAssemblyParty1Vishwanath TamaskerBemetara17 December 19565 March 19571st (1952 election)Praja Socialist Party2Chandra Pratap TiwariSidhi1 July 19577 March 19622nd (1957 election)3 Virendra SakhlechaJawad28 March 19621 March 19673rd (1962 election)Bharatiya Jana Sangh1 March 196718 July 19674th (1967 election)4Shyama Charan ShuklaRajim31 July 19678 September 1968Indian National Congress5Dwarka Prasad MishraKatangi9 September 196816 February 1969(3) Virendra SakhlechaJawad20 March 19696 January 1970Bharatiya Jana Sangh6Vasant Sadashiv PradhanDhar7 January 197017 March 19727Kailash Chandra JoshiBagli28 March 197230 April 19775th (1972 election)8Arjun SinghChurhat15 July 197717 February 19806th (1977 election)Indian National Congress9 Sunder Lal PatwaSehore4 July 198010 March 19857th (1980 election)Bharatiya Janata Party(7)Kailash Chandra JoshiBagli23 March 19853 March 19908th (1985 election)(4)Shyama Charan ShuklaRajim20 March 199015 December 19929th (1990 election)Indian National Congress10Vikram VermaDhar24 December 19931 December 199810th (1993 election)Bharatiya Janata Party11Gauri Shankar ShejwarSanchi2 February 19991 September 200211th (1998 election)12Babulal GaurGovindpura4 September 20025 December 200313Jamuna DeviKukshi16 December 200311 December 200812th (2003 election)Indian National Congress7 January 200924 September 201013th (2008 election)14Ajay Arjun SinghChurhat15 April 201110 December 201315Satyadev KatareAter9 January 201420 October 201614th (2013 election)(14)Ajay Arjun SinghChurhat27 February 201713 December 201816Gopal BhargavaRehli8 January 201923 March 202015th (2018 election)Bharatiya Janata Party17Kamal NathChhindwara19 August 202029 April 2022Indian National Congress18Govind Singh Lahar29 April 20224 December 202319Umang SingharGandhwani18 December 2023Incumbent16th (2023 election)
On 28 April 2022 Kamal Nath has resigned as the Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly. All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Sonia Gandhi appointed former minister and senior party MLA from Lahar Govind Singh as Leader of Opposition. After the 2023 Assembly election Aicc president Mallikarjun Kharge appointed Umang Singhar as leader of Opposition.
Statistics #Leader of OppositionPartyTerm of office Longest term Total duration 1 Kailash Chandra Joshi /BJP 5 years, 33 days 10 years, 14 days 2 Jamuna Devi 4 years, 361 days 6 years, 256 days 3 Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha 5 years, 112 days 6 years, 39 days 4 Vikram Verma 4 years, 342 days 4 years, 342 days 5 Sunder Lal Patwa 4 years, 249 days 4 years, 249 days 6 Chandra Pratap Tiwari 4 years, 249 days 4 years, 249 days 7 Ajay Arjun Singh 2 years, 239 days 4 years, 163 days 8 Shyama Charan Shukla 2 years, 270 days 3 years, 309 days. 9 Gauri Shankar Shejwar 3 years, 211 days 3 years, 211 days 10 Satyadev Katare 2 years, 285 days 2 years, 285 days 11 Arjun Singh 2 years, 217 days 2 years, 217 days 12 Umang Singhar* * * * 13 Vasant Sadashiv Pradhan 2 years, 70 days 2 years, 70 days 14 Kamal Nath 1 year, 253 days 1 year, 253 days 15 Govind Singh 1 year, 231 days 1 year, 231 days 16 Babulal Gaur 1 year, 92 days 1 year, 92 days 17 Gopal Bhargava 1 year, 75 days 1 year, 75 days 18 Dwarka Prasad Mishra 160 days 160 days 19 Vishwanath Tamasker 72 days 72 days
References