LUCKNOW: Eight time MLA Ram Govind Chaudhary of Samajwadi Party is set to become the Leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly as party chief Akhilesh Yadav nominated him today ignoring stalwarts like Azam Khan and Shivpal Yadav.
“Akhilesh Yadav has nominated Ram Govind Chaudhary as the Leader of the SP Legislature Party and he will also be the Leader of the Opposition,” SP spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary said here.
70-year-old Chaudhary, an eight-time MLA, is considered close to Akhilesh and had served as basic education, child development and nutrition minister in the erstwhile SP Government.
The name of Azam Khan, the parliamentary affairs minister in the Akhilesh Government, was also doing the rounds for the post. During the Mayawati Government when Samajwadi Party was the main opposition party in UP, Shivpal Yadav was the Leader of Opposition.
But since he fell out with his nephew and SP president Akhilesh, it was unlikely that Shivpal would be nominated for the post. (AGENCIES)
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