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List of leaders of the opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly 
Summary
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.
| Leader of the Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
 Seal of the Government of Madhya Pradesh | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Status | Leader of Opposition |
| Member of | Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
| Seat | Vidhan Bhawan |
| Nominator | Members of the Official Opposition of the Legislative Assembly |
| Appointer | Speaker of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
| Term length | 5 years |
| Inaugural holder | Vishwanath Yadav Tamaskar |
| Formation | 5 March 1957 |
Leaders of Opposition edit
| # | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Tenure[1] | Assembly | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vishwanath Tamasker | Durg | 17 December 1956 | 5 March 1957 | 78 days | 1st | Praja Socialist Party | ||
| 2 | Chandra Pratap Tiwari | Sidhi | 1 July 1957 | 7 March 1962 | 4 years, 249 days | 2nd | |||
| 3 | Virendra Sakhlecha | Jawad | 28 March 1962 | 1 March 1967 | 5 years, 112 days | 3rd | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | ||
| 1 March 1967 | 18 July 1967 | 4th | |||||||
| 4 | 
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Shyama Charan Shukla | Rajim | 31 July 1967 | 8 September 1968 | 1 year, 39 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| 5 | 
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Dwarka Prasad Mishra | Katangi | 9 September 1968 | 16 February 1969 | 160 days | |||
| (3) | Virendra Sakhlecha | Jawad | 20 March 1969 | 6 January 1970 | 292 days | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |||
| 6 | Vasant Sadashiv Pradhan | Dhar | 7 January 1970 | 17 March 1972 | 2 years, 70 days | ||||
| 7 | 
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Kailash Chandra Joshi | Bagli | 28 March 1972 | 30 April 1977 | 5 years, 33 days | 5th | ||
| 8 | 
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Arjun Singh | Churhat | 15 July 1977 | 17 February 1980 | 2 years, 217 days | 6th | Indian National Congress | |
| 9 | Sunder Lal Patwa | Sehore | 4 July 1980 | 10 March 1985 | 4 years, 249 days | 7th | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| (7) |
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Kailash Chandra Joshi | Bagli | 23 March 1985 | 3 March 1990 | 4 years, 346 days | 8th | ||
| (4) |
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Shyama Charan Shukla | Rajim | 20 March 1990 | 15 December 1992 | 2 years, 270 days | 9th | Indian National Congress | |
| 10 | 
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Vikram Verma | Dhar | 24 December 1993 | 1 December 1998 | 4 years, 342 days | 10th | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 11 | Gauri Shankar Shejwar | Sanchi | 2 February 1999 | 1 September 2002 | 3 years, 211 days | 11th | |||
| 12 | 
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Babulal Gaur | Govindpura | 4 September 2002 | 5 December 2003 | 1 year, 92 days | |||
| 13 | Jamuna Devi | Kukshi | 16 December 2003 | 11 December 2008 | 4 years, 361 days | 12th | Indian National Congress | ||
| 7 January 2009 | 24 September 2010 | 1 year, 260 days | 13th | ||||||
| 14 | 
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Ajay Arjun Singh | Churhat | 15 April 2011 | 10 December 2013 | 2 years, 239 days | |||
| 15 | Satyadev Katare | Ater | 9 January 2014 | 20 October 2016 | 2 years, 285 days | 14th | |||
| (14) |
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Ajay Arjun Singh | Churhat | 27 February 2017 | 13 December 2018 | 1 year, 289 days | |||
| 16 | 
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Gopal Bhargava | Rehli | 8 January 2019 | 23 March 2020 | 1 year, 75 days | 15th | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 17 | 
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Kamal Nath | Chhindwara | 19 August 2020 | 29 April 2022 | 1 year, 253 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| 18 | 
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Govind Singh | Lahar | 29 April 2022 | 16 December 2023 | 1 year, 231 days | |||
| 19 | Umang Singhar | Gandhwani | 16 December 2023 | Incumbent | 129 days | 16th | |||
On 28 April 2022 Kamal Nath has resigned as the Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly.[2] All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Sonia Gandhi appointed former minister and senior party MLA from Lahar Govind Singh as Leader of Opposition.[3] After the 2023 Assembly election Aicc president Mallikarjun Kharge appointed Umang Singhar as leader of Opposition.
References edit
- ^ "MP Legislative Assembly". mpvidhansabha.nic.in. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ "Congress leader Kamal Nath resigns as Leader of Opposition in MP".
- ^ "Kamal Nath steps down as Madhya Pradesh CLP leader, Dr Govind Singh is new LOP | India News - Times of India". The Times of India.