Radhakrishna Patil appointed opposition leader in Maharashtra Assembly

Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil was on Tuesday appointed as the new Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly.

This decision was announced in a suo-motu statement made by Speaker Haribhau Bagde in the assembly, stating that he had received a letter from Pradesh Congress chief Manikrao Thakre and Vikhe Patil himself claiming the post.

Patil replaces opposition leader Eknath Shinde of the Shiv Sena.