<p>Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav was on Saturday unanimously elected leader of the SP legislature party paving the way for him to become the leader of the opposition in the Uttar Pradesh assembly.</p>.<p>Senior SP leader Awadhesh Prasad proposed the name of Akhilesh for the leader of the party's legislature group at a meeting of the newly-elected MLAs of the party. It was seconded by another senior SP leader Alam Badi.</p>.<p>According to the sources in the SP, a joint meeting of the newly-elected MLAs of SP and its alliance partners Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) would be held on Monday to discuss their strategy in the assembly and outside.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/sp-built-stadium-where-bjp-ministers-took-oath-akhilesh-yadav-1094606.html">SP built stadium where BJP ministers took oath: Akhilesh Yadav</a></strong></p>.<p>Akhilesh, whose party had given a tough fight to the BJP in the recently concluded assembly polls, had a few days back resigned his Azamgarh Lok Sabha seat and decided to retain Karhal assembly seat, which he had won in the assembly elections, indicating that he, with his alliance partners, was gearing up to take on the saffron party in the next big battle in the state-the 2024 LS polls.</p>.<p>SP LS member from Rampur Azam Khan, who was currently lodged in jail in connection with scores of criminal cases lodged against him, had also resigned his LS seat a few days back. Khan had won the Rampur assembly seat in the recent polls in the state.</p>.<p>''The newly elected legislators wanted Akhilesh to shift base to the state.....as leader of the opposition he will be in a better position to take on the BJP...he can raise the issues concerning the people of the state forcefully in the House,'' a senior SP leader had told DH recently.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/gift-of-inflation-after-polls-akhilesh-yadav-slams-bjp-over-lpg-price-hike-1093547.html">'Gift of inflation after polls': Akhilesh Yadav slams BJP over LPG price hike</a></strong></p>.<p>Akhilesh had earlier said that the results of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections had proved that the saffron party could be defeated. ''We have shown that the seats of the BJP can be reduced......this decrease (in BJP seats) will continue....we have already reached the halfway mark...the rest will be achieved in the days to come,'' Akhilesh had said. </p>.<p>SP had won only 47 seats in the 2017 assembly polls and the party had secured 21 per cent votes. Its tally rose to 111 and its vote percentage increased to 32 per cent.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos</strong></p>
<p>Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav was on Saturday unanimously elected leader of the SP legislature party paving the way for him to become the leader of the opposition in the Uttar Pradesh assembly.</p>.<p>Senior SP leader Awadhesh Prasad proposed the name of Akhilesh for the leader of the party's legislature group at a meeting of the newly-elected MLAs of the party. It was seconded by another senior SP leader Alam Badi.</p>.<p>According to the sources in the SP, a joint meeting of the newly-elected MLAs of SP and its alliance partners Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) would be held on Monday to discuss their strategy in the assembly and outside.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/sp-built-stadium-where-bjp-ministers-took-oath-akhilesh-yadav-1094606.html">SP built stadium where BJP ministers took oath: Akhilesh Yadav</a></strong></p>.<p>Akhilesh, whose party had given a tough fight to the BJP in the recently concluded assembly polls, had a few days back resigned his Azamgarh Lok Sabha seat and decided to retain Karhal assembly seat, which he had won in the assembly elections, indicating that he, with his alliance partners, was gearing up to take on the saffron party in the next big battle in the state-the 2024 LS polls.</p>.<p>SP LS member from Rampur Azam Khan, who was currently lodged in jail in connection with scores of criminal cases lodged against him, had also resigned his LS seat a few days back. Khan had won the Rampur assembly seat in the recent polls in the state.</p>.<p>''The newly elected legislators wanted Akhilesh to shift base to the state.....as leader of the opposition he will be in a better position to take on the BJP...he can raise the issues concerning the people of the state forcefully in the House,'' a senior SP leader had told DH recently.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/gift-of-inflation-after-polls-akhilesh-yadav-slams-bjp-over-lpg-price-hike-1093547.html">'Gift of inflation after polls': Akhilesh Yadav slams BJP over LPG price hike</a></strong></p>.<p>Akhilesh had earlier said that the results of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections had proved that the saffron party could be defeated. ''We have shown that the seats of the BJP can be reduced......this decrease (in BJP seats) will continue....we have already reached the halfway mark...the rest will be achieved in the days to come,'' Akhilesh had said. </p>.<p>SP had won only 47 seats in the 2017 assembly polls and the party had secured 21 per cent votes. Its tally rose to 111 and its vote percentage increased to 32 per cent.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos</strong></p>
