"Hope he will play role of constructive opposition": UP Deputy CM Maurya congratulates Mata Prasad Dubey

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 28 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Sunday congratulated SP leader Mata Prasad Pandey for getting appointed as Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Uttar Pradesh assembly.
Maurya further hoped that he would play the role of constructive opposition in the assembly.
Meanwhile, he also accused Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav of betraying the backward Dalits and said that SP's PDA (Pichhda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak) also meant for betrayal.
Taking it to social media post on X, Keshav Prasad Maurya wrote, "Congratulations to Shri Mata Prasad Pandey ji on becoming the Leader of Opposition in the UP Assembly. It is hoped that he will play the role of a constructive opposition. But SP chief Mr Akhilesh Yadav has betrayed the backward and Dalits. SP's PDA means a big betrayal. BJP will repeat the victory of 2017 in 2027."
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Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday appointed party leader Mata Prasad Pandey as the Leader of the Opposition in the 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)