List of deputy leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

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Deputy Leader of the House of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
सभागृह उप नेते महाराष्ट्र विधानसभा
Incumbent
Devendra Fadnavis
Ajit Pawar
since 3 July 2022 and 17 July 2023
Devendra Fadnavis (since 3 July 2022) and Ajit Pawar (since 17 July 2023)
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports toGovernment of Maharashtra
ResidencePune
AppointerChief Minister of Maharashtra & Cabinet
Term lengthDuring the life of the vidhan Sabha (five years maximum)
PrecursorDeputy Leader of the House of The Bombay Legislative Assembly (1947–60)
Inaugural holderMarotrao Kannamwar
(1960–1962)
Formation1 May 1960
Salary – approximately

The Deputy Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the deputy to the Leader of the House Devendra Fadnavis is the current Deputy Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

Deputy Leader of the House

The Assembly has a Deputy Leader of the House, who heads the government caucus. The office is provided for in the Legislative Assembly Rules, which defines it as "Chief Minister or any other Minister appointed by Chief Minister". The Rules further mandate that the Chairperson should conduct parliamentary business in consultation with the Leader.[1]

Name Deputy Leader of the House Constituency Ministerial offices held Term Party Assembly
(Election)
Leader of the House Speaker of the House Ministry Chief Minister

R. R. Patil
आर.आर.पाटील
(MLA for Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal Constituency No. 287-
Sangli District)
(Legislative Assembly)
01 November 2004 08 December 2008 4 years, 37 days Nationalist Congress Party 11th Assembly
(2004 election)
Vilasrao Deshmukh Babasaheb Kupekar Second Deshmukh ministry Vilasrao Deshmukh

Chhagan Bhujbal
छगन भुजबळ
(MLA for Yevla Constituency No. 119-
Nashik District)
(Legislative Assembly)
08 December 2008 06 November 2009 333 days Nationalist Congress Party 11th Assembly
(2004 election)
Ashok Chavan Babasaheb Kupekar First Ashok Chavan ministry Ashok Chavan

Chhagan Bhujbal
छगन भुजबळ
(MLA for Yevla Constituency No. 119-
Nashik District)
(Legislative Assembly)
07 November 2009 10 November 2010 1 year, 3 days Nationalist Congress Party 12th Assembly
(2009 election)
Ashok Chavan Dilip Walse-Patil Second Ashok Chavan ministry Ashok Chavan

Ajit Pawar
अजित पवार
(MLA for Baramati Constituency No. 201-
Pune District)
(Legislative Assembly)
11 November 2010 25 September 2012 1 year, 319 days 12th Assembly
(2009 election)
Prithviraj Chavan Dilip Walse-Patil Prithviraj Chavan ministry Prithviraj Chavan

Chhagan Bhujbal
छगन भुजबळ
(Additional Charge)
(MLA for Yevla Constituency No. 119-
Nashik District)
(Legislative Assembly)
26 September 2012 07 December 2012 72 days 12th Assembly
(2009 election)
Prithviraj Chavan Dilip Walse-Patil Prithviraj Chavan ministry Prithviraj Chavan

Ajit Pawar
अजित पवार
(MLA for Baramati Constituency No. 201-
Pune District)
(Legislative Assembly)
07 December 2012 26 September 2014 1 year, 293 days 12th Assembly
(2009 election)
Prithviraj Chavan Dilip Walse-Patil Prithviraj Chavan ministry Prithviraj Chavan

Eknath Khadse
एकनाथ खडसे
(MLA for Muktainagar Constituency No. 20-
Jalgaon District)
(Legislative Assembly)
31 October 2014 04 June 2016 1 year, 217 days Bharatiya Janata Party 13th Assembly
(2014 election)
Devendra Fadnavis Haribhau Bagade Devendra Fadanvis Ministry Devendra Fadnavis

Girish Mahajan
गिरीश महाजन
(MLA for Jamner Constituency No. 19-
Jalgaon District)
(Legislative Assembly)
04 June 2016 12 November 2019 3 years, 161 days Bharatiya Janata Party 13th Assembly
(2014 election)
Devendra Fadnavis Haribhau Bagade Devendra Fadanvis Ministry Devendra Fadnavis

Ajit Pawar
अजित पवार
(MLA for Baramati Constituency No. 201-
Pune District)
(Legislative Assembly)
23 November 2019 26 November 2019 3 days Nationalist Congress Party 14th Assembly
(2019 election)
Devendra Fadnavis Kalidas Kolambkar
(Pro Tem Speaker)
Second Fadnavis ministry Devendra Fadnavis

Eknath Shinde
एकनाथ शिंदे
(MLA for Kopri-Pachpakhadi Constituency No. 147-
Thane District)
(Legislative Assembly)
28 November 2019 30 December 2019 31 days Shiv Sena 14th Assembly
(2019 election)
Uddhav Thackeray Uddhav Thackrey Ministry Uddhav Thackeray

Ajit Pawar
अजित पवार
(MLA for Baramati Constituency No. 201-
Pune District)
(Legislative Assembly)
30 December 2019 29 June 2022 2 years, 181 days Nationalist Congress Party 14th Assembly
(2019 election)
Uddhav Thackeray Uddhav Thackrey Ministry Uddhav Thackeray
Devendra Fadnavis
देवेंद्र फडणवीस
(MLA for Nagpur South West Constituency No. 52-
Nagpur District)
(Legislative Assembly)
03 July 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 269 days Bharatiya Janata Party 14th Assembly
(2019 election)
Eknath Shinde Eknath Shinde Ministry
Eknath Shinde

Ajit Pawar
अजित पवार
(MLA for Baramati Constituency No. 201-
Pune District)
(Legislative Assembly)
17 July 2023 Incumbent 255 days Nationalist Congress Party 14th Assembly
(2019 election)
Eknath Shinde Eknath Shinde Ministry
Eknath Shinde

References

  1. ^ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Rules" (PDF). 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2021.