Amid speculation about who would take charge as the Leader of Opposition or for that matter whether the post should be given to a man with RSS background the BJP on Monday nominated Suvendu Adhikari on the post.
“Suvendu Adhikari was chosen unanimously as the Leader of the Opposition and his name was proposed by our senior leader Mukul Roy,”
State party president Dilip Ghosh said. The selection of Adhikari was done in the presence of Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
Appointment of Adhikari a TMC turncoat who left that party a few months before the election to join the BJP and defeated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from Nandigram seat took place after much inner rumbling sources said.
After being nominated to the post Adhikari said, “I will act constitutionally,” adding his first priority would be to work for the pandemic and save the lives of the victims of post-electoral violence.