After days of discussion, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday decided to take on the BJP as Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly. He has retained the Karhal seat and submitted his resignation from the Azamgarh parliamentary constituency to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. He received the Karhal seat through defeating Union Minister S.P. Baghel by means of a margin of over 67,000 votes to grow to be an MLA for the first time.
Senior celebration chief Azam Khan additionally end from the Rampur Lok Sabha seat and determined to continue the Rampur Sadar seat that he won for the ninth time recently.
While experts praised Mr. Yadav for walking an effective campaign, they also criticised him for being missing from the ground in the first 4.5 years of the BJP government. Recently, former Rashtriya Lok Dal president Masood Ahmed, in his resignation letter, pointed out that the key to the success of Mr. Yadav’s father Mulayam Singh Yadav was once spending time amongst people.
SP spokesperson Abdul Hafeez Gandhi said Mr. Akhilesh Yadav’s presence as Leader of Opposition would bolster the self assurance of the party workers and enhance it to take on the BJP on the streets. With his uncle, Shivpal Yadav, proving to be a spent force in the recent elections, local observers felt Mr. Akhilesh Yadav needed to spend time in his native region where the party has now not been able to reverse the positive aspects made by using the BJP in 2017.