Shivpal Yadav, uncle of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, is likely to be the leader of opposition in UP Assembly. Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has convened a meeting of the newly-elected party MLAs on March 21 and the announcement about the leader of opposition is likely to be made after the meeting.
Ram Govind Chaudhary was the leader of opposition in the 17th assembly but he lost the election to Ketki Singh of the BJP from Ballia.
Shivpal Yadav contested on the Samajwadi Party ticket from Jaswantnagar assembly seat in Etawah. He had floated his own political party after the 2017 assembly elections and is the president of Pragatisheel Socialist Party Lohia.
Meanwhile, UP Assembly Speaker Hridaya Naryan Dixit has withdrawn the recognition of Ram Govind Chaudhary as the leader of opposition since he lost the election. Dixit has also dissolved the committees of the UP Assembly and membership of all the nominated and elected members of all committees has also been terminated.