"Today you are friends, tomorrow you may not be:" Supreme Court junks plea by BJP corporator staking claim for Leader of Opposition post in BMC

BJP had decided to voluntarily give up the post of Leader of Opposition because of its subsisting coalition with Shiva Sena. The post was thus secured by the Congress party.

AS Bopanna, CJI Bobde and V Ramasubramanian

Debayan Roy

The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) corporator Prabhakar Tukaram Shinde seeking to be named Leader of Opposition of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), a post currently occupied by the Congress party. (Prabhakar Tukaram Shinde vs The State Of Maharashtra)

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