BJP confident it will get Oppn leader's post in Maharashtra

Being the single largest party after ruling Congress-NCP alliance, BJP is projecting senior leader Eknath Khadse for the post of Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly, though its ally Shiv Sena is in no mood to part with it.

Sena Executive president Uddhav Thackeray's statement that "numbers won't determine who gets to hold the post" seems to have no impact on BJP, which is projecting Khadse for the post.

According to a senior BJP leader, Khadse's name is likely to be declared at the meeting of newly elected party MLAs here on Friday.

"As per the rules, we have more number of MLAs after the ruling alliance. So, it is obvious that we will get the post of Opposition Leader in the Assembly," state BJP General Secretary Vinod Tawade told PTI.