Samajwadi Party appoints party leader Mata Prasad Pandey as Leader of Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Assembly

This decision was taken following a meeting with party MLAs on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party MLA Atul Pradhan cited the party's large mandate in the recent general election and claimed that a government led by Akhilesh Yadav will soon be formed in Uttar Pradesh.

Samajwadi Party MLA Atul Pradhan said, "The government that is in power at this time seems as if there is no government in Uttar Pradesh, everyone is working as per their own will... People are realizing that the coming time belongs to the Samajwadi Party and the officials must also be thinking that people have given such a big majority, such a big mandate, so in the coming time Samajwadi Party government will be formed in Uttar Pradesh under the leadership of Akhilesh Yadav..."

Notably, The SP bagged 37 seats alone, thereby emerging as the single largest party in Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha polls. SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav and leader Dimple Yadav won from Kannauj and Mainpuri respectively, with huge margins.

The vote share of the party stood at 33.59 per cent.

The BJP, on the other hand, managed to secure 33 seats, much lower than its 2019 tally. Some of the prominent seats that it lost include-- Faizabad, Amethi, and Raebareli. (ANI)