Maharashtra: Fight for LoP starts between Cong & NCP

Maharashtra Congress spokesperson Atul Londhe on Sunday said that the picture is not yet clear as to which party will appoint a Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly as the NCP, who had their Leader of Opposition earlier, no longer has the most number of MLAs. The Congress and NCP seem to be in a fight to appoint the Leader of the Opposition after Congress Spokesperson Atul Londhe said that it is yet to be decided who would be the new LoP in Maharashtra. “Full picture is not yet clear. Why the LoP was from NCP? Because they had more MLAs. But now, Congress has 45 MLAs with them. And as Ajit Pawar has claimed that he has 40 MLAs with him, then NCP will have only 13 MLAs left with them. The picture would be clear in two to three days,” Atul Londhe said while speaking to ANI. “All of us will fight in the assembly and then we will have the clarity on the Leader of Opposition,” he added. “We (Congress) don’t even need to claim anything, this is the fixed formula and I don’t think anyone has any objection to it,” Maharashtra Congress spokesperson Atul Londhe said affirmatively.