Lucknow: Akhilesh will himself lead the opposition from the front this time. In the Samajwadi Party’s legislature meeting, all the MLAs and MLCs unanimously urged Akhilesh to be the leader of opposition in the lower house of Uttar Pradesh. Akhilesh accepted the proposal and took the awaited decision of becoming leader of the opposition. After the meeting at Samajwadi Party’s office, the decision was told to the legislative assembly secretariat and it released the office orders.
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Akhilesh tried hard this time to snatch the power from BJP in Uttar Pradesh. Though he didn’t leave any stone unturned then also wasn’t able to mark a full stop on Yogi Adityanath’s regime. Bhartiya Janta Party emerged as the single largest party with 255 seats and the alliance tally reached 273. SP managed to bag 111 seats and with the alliance partners touched the figure of 125. Seeing the results people were having an eye over Akhilesh’s next move. Akhilesh decided of leaving his Lok Sabha seat of Azamgarh.
Then it was a clear sign that Akhilesh is ready to lead the party from the front and put pressure on the BJP lead clear majority government. Then at that time also, people were of the view that Akhilesh will not hold the post of the leader of the opposition though he will remain in the house. Surpassing all the if and buts, Akhilesh finally decided to lead the party from the front in the lower house. Political pundits are of the view that his presence in the house will boost the energy of the MLAs in the house and give immense power to the members of the Upper House, who will remain in minority this time.
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This step could be a gamechanger
In the last two decades, the politics of UP became such that opposition was itself leaving the path for the ruling party. SP and BSP majorly shared the power between them in that period. Usually, it was a trend that if SP wins Mayawati use to go to the Upper house, if BSP wins Mulayam or Akhilesh choose the path of Delhi. Experts are of the view that this has weakened these parties in the meantime and BJP got the profit of it. This time Akhilesh choose not to flee away to Delhi but to remain in Uttar Pradesh and be in a straight fight with the ruling party.