The Bombay High Court dismissed a petition filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Prabhakar Shinde, for seeking the post of Leader of the Opposition (LoP) on Monday. It comes as a blow to the BJP, which wanted the post after rejecting it two years back. Congress corporator Ravi Raja continues as LoP. While the Congress welcomed the HC decision, the BJP said that they will appeal in the Supreme Court.

After the election in 2017, then leader of BJP, Manoj Kotak, rejected the post of the LoP and chose to work as neutral. As per the procedure, Congress's Ravi Raja was made the LoP. After the Vidhan Sabha polls, BJP demanded the LoP postback. Mayor Kishori Pednekar rejected the demand and Shinde approached the HC in June.