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SP names Mata Prasad Pandey as UP Assembly LoP

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Samajwadi Party leader Mata Prasad Pandey (File image)

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Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party on Sunday appointed Mata Prasad Pandey the leader of opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly.

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Pandey will replace SP president Akhilesh Yadav, who resigned as MLA from Karhal seat after he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kannauj.

Yadav has appointed Pandey, SP MLA from Itwa, the leader of opposition in the assembly, a party leader said.

The decision was taken at a meeting of MLAs at the SP headquarters here.

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Pandey, a Brahmin, is a former speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly.

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