Maha Vikas Aghadi
Maha Vikas Aghadi | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | MVA |
| Leader | Aditya Thackeray (Leader of the largest opposition party, SS (UBT)) |
| President | Uddhav Thackeray |
| Chairperson | Sharad Pawar |
| Secretary | Balasaheb Thorat |
| Spokesperson | Clyde Crasto |
| Rajya Sabha Leader | Sharad Pawar |
| Lok Sabha Leader | Supriya Sule |
| Founders | Uddhav Thackeray Sharad Pawar Prithviraj Chavan |
| Founded | 26 November 2019 |
| Preceded by | Democratic Front |
| Political position | Big tent |
| National affiliation | INDIA |
| Colours | Blue |
| Rajya Sabha | 7 / 19 |
| Lok Sabha | 31 / 48 |
| Maharashtra Legislative Council | 16 / 78 |
| Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | 48 / 288 |
The Maha Vikas Aghadi (transl. Grand Development Front; abbreviated as MVA), is a state-level political alliance of centre to centre-left political parties in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is one of the two major political alliances in Maharashtra, the other one being Maha Yuti. The alliance was formed under the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray of SHS (UBT) (then Shiv Sena), Sharad Pawar of the NCP(SP) (then NCP) and Sonia Gandhi of the INC, along with the support from the PWPI, CPI(M) and several other political parties. Most of the MVA constituents are members of the Indian National Congress-led Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance at pan-India level. The MVA alliance won 30 seats out of 48 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha Election in Maharashtra whereas on the other hand, the MVA suffered a setback in 2024, when it could only win a record low of 50 seats (including 2 of SP, which has left the alliance) in the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, with none of the parties even managing to get the number of seats to have a leader of opposition in the assembly. This stripped its status as the official opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.