Ganesh Khankar appointed leader of the house in BMC; Kishori Pednekar appointed as LoP

Ganesh Khankar appointed as Leader of House in BMC. File pic

Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde on Monday declared BJP corporator Ganesh Khankar, from Dahisar's ward 7, as the leader of the house in the BMC.

After electing BJP corporator Ritu Tawde as the BMC Mayor and Sanjay Ghodi from Shiv Sena as her deputy, the 227-member BMC general body on February 16 also elected the leader of the house and the leader of opposition.

Khankar is also the group leader of the BJP in BMC and also the party whip. The BJP during the BMC election 2026 turned out to be the largest party in the 227-member civic elections, with 89 elected members. Khankar has been appointed the leader of the house.

BMC Mayor Tawde was chairing the general body meeting at BMC headquarters on Monday afternoon. This was the second meeting after the elections of Mayor and Deputy Mayor on February 11.

Kishori Pednekar to be the Leader of Opposition in BMC

Tawde also announced that Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator and former Mayor of the Mumbai civic body, Kishori Pednekar, will be the Leader of the Opposition in BMC's General Body.

Shiv Sena (UBT), after the BMC elections 2026, turned out to be the largest opposition party with 65 elected representatives.