The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Sunday appointed Jitendra Awhad as Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly after incumbent LoP Ajit Pawar joined the Eknath Shinde government as deputy chief minister on Sunday, according to the PTI.

The MLA from Mumbra-Kalwa in neighbouring Thane district in Maharashtra said NCP state unit president Jayant Patil had appointed him chief.