Lucknow:
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is set to be the Leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly. His party’s 111 legislators have unanimously elected him as the leader of Samajwadi Party’s legislature party, a party spokesperson said.
The spokersperson said Mr Yadav will meet leaders of Samajwadi Party’s allies to discuss the issues the Opposition parties will raise in the Assembly.
A first-time MLA, Mr Yadav resigned as Azamgarh MP earlier this week after he was elected legislator from family stronghold Karhal in UP’s Mainpuri district.
Sources have said the former Chief Minister intends to take on the BJP on the floor of the House with an eye on the 2027 polls in the politically significant state.
Mr Yadav was the main challenger to the BJP in this year’s Assembly election. While his party finished a distant second, winning 111 seats in the 403-member assembly, it managed to record a massive jump in its vote share and clocked its best show in state polls ever.
