Nandigram MLA Suvendu Adhikari, who defeated Chief Minister Mamta Banejree in the recently held Assembly poll, was today unanimously elected as the BJP’s legislative party leader and becomes leader of the opposition in the West Bengal Assembly.
“Nandigram MLA Suvendu Adhikari will now be the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly as party legislators have picked him up as their leader,” announced Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
Mr Prasad said party MLA Mukul Roy proposed the name of Adhikari and some 22 legislators seconded the proposal. He also asked the party legislators if they have any other name for the post but none of them came out.
