Seven time legislator and senior BJP leader from Shahjahanpur Suresh Kumar Khanna has been elected as the new leader of the legislature party in the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha.
Mame of Khanna was announced by state party president laxmikant Bajpai after a meeting of the legislators at the party office here on Thursday.BJP spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak said that the election was unanimous. All the legislators favored Khanna and was elected as BJP legislature party leader.
The post of the leader of the legislature party fell vacant after Hukum Singh was elected to the lok Sabha from Kairana seat.Khanna, a vocal parliamentarian, is representing Shahjahanpur city assembly seat since 1989.
Deputy leader of the party Satish Mahana was also in the race for the post but the members made consensus on the name of Khanna, Pathak said.Earlier the party had elected Hridya Narain Dixit as the party leader in the legislative Council after Nepal Singh relinquished the post on being elected to the lok Sabha from Rampur seat.
Presently there are 38 MlAs of BJP in the assembly as 11 legislators were elected to the lok Sabha where by-elections is scheduled in October.In the Upper House, BJP has five members.
Meanwhile, BJP state president laxmi Kant Bajpai would lead a delegation of BJP legislature Party to meet Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday. He will discuss law and order situation