Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar

Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra and a former Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.^[1][2] He is a member of Indian National Congress and a member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing Bramhapuri constituency.^[3][4][5]

Vijay Wadettiwar
21st Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Second Term
In office 3 August 2023 – 26 November 2024
Governor	Ramesh Bais
Deputy	Jitendra Awhad (NCP (SCP)) Ajay Choudhari (SHS(UBT))
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Deputy CMs	Devendra Fadnavis (First Deputy CM) Ajit Pawar (Second Deputy CM)
Preceded by	Ajit Pawar
Succeeded by	Vacant
First Term
In office 24 June 2019 – 9 November 2019
Governor	C. Vidyasagar Rao Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Deputy	Shashikant Shinde (NCP)
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Deputy CM	Eknath Khadse Senior Cabinet Minister
Speaker of the House	Haribhau Bagade
Preceded by	Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil
Succeeded by	Devendra Fadnavis
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 30 December 2019 – 29 June 2022
Minister	Disaster Management Relief & Rehabilitation Other Backward Classes Bahujan Welfare Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Vimukta Jati Nomadic Tribes Backward Classes Welfare Khar Land Development Earthquake Rehabilitation Majority Welfare Development
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Cabinet	Uddhav Thackeray ministry
Chief Minister	Uddhav Thackeray
Deputy CM	Ajit Pawar
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2014
Preceded by	Atul Deshkar
Constituency	Bramhapuri
In office 2004–2014
Speaker of the House	Babasaheb Kupekar Dilip Walse-Patil
Preceded by	Avinash Warjukar
Succeeded by	Bunty Bhangdiya
Constituency	Chimur
Minister of State Government of Maharashtra
In office 7 November 2009 – 9 November 2010
Minister	Water Resources Parliamentary Affairs Finance Planning Energy
Cabinet	Second Ashok Chavan ministry
Chief Minister	Ashok Chavan
Deputy CM	Chhagan Bhujbal
Guardian Minister	Dhule District
In office 8 December 2008 – 6 November 2009
Minister	Water Resources Tribal Development Environment and Climate Forest
Cabinet	First Ashok Chavan ministry
Chief Minister	Ashok Chavan
Deputy CM	Chhagan Bhujbal
Guardian Minister	Chandrapur District
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office 1998–2004
Chairman of the House	Jayant Shridhar Tilak Bhaurao Tulshiram Deshmukh Acting N. S. Pharande Vasant Davkhare Acting Shivajirao Deshmukh
Constituency	Wardha-Chandrapur-Gadhchiroli Local Authorities
Personal details
Born	(1962-12-12) 12 December 1962 (age 62) Delanwadi, Maharashtra, India
Political party	Indian National Congress (1980–present)
Spouse	Kiran Wadettiwar
Children	4
Occupation	Politician, Farmer
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Political career

District level

• 1980-1981: Started political career as a grass root level worker with NSUI
• 1991-1993: Member of Zilla Parishad, Gadchiroli
• 2010-2011: Chairman- District Central Co-Operative Bank, Chandrapur

MLC

• 1998-2004: MLC from Gadchiroli-Wardha-Chandrapur.

Minister of State

• 2008-2009: Minister of State for Irrigation, Tribal Welfare, Environment and Forest, in the Minister of Council headed by Ashok Chavan
• 2009-2010: Re-elected as M.L.A. from Chimur, constituency with a margin of 30,500 votes
• 2009-2010 Nov.: Minister of State for Irrigation, Energy, Finance & Planning Parliamentary Affairs, in the Ministry headed by Ashokrao Chavan

Corporation/Co-operative Movement

• 1996-1998: Chairman- FDCM i.e. Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (Undertaking)
• 2008-2011: Director of Maharashtra State Co-Operative Bank, Ltd., Maharashtra

Legislative

• 2004-2006: Member of Legislative Assembly Maharashtra (M.L.A.) from Chimur constituency for Shivsena
• 2006-2009: Member of Legislative Assembly Maharashtra (M.L.A.) from Chimur constituency for Congress (By-election after he leaves shivsena)
• 2009-2014:Member of Legislative Assembly Maharashtra (M.L.A.) from Chimur constituency for Congress
• 2014–2019: Elected as M.L.A. from Congress (I) 73-Bramhapuri constituency by 15,000 votes. Bramhapuri constituency had BJP and Independent MLA since 1980 to 2014 (34 years)
• 2019- Member of Legislative Assembly Maharashtra (M.L.A.) 73-Bramhapuri constituency Maharashtra.

Leader of the Opposition

• Leader of the Opposition, Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra.^[6][7]