Janjgir-Champa BJP MLA Narayan Chandel was on Wednesday elected the Leader of Opposition in the Chhattisgarh Assembly unanimously by the BJP Legislature Party which met here.
At present, Chandel is the BJP state General Secretary. He will be the sixth Leader of the Opposition in the House.
BJP General Secretary and Chhattisgarh-in-charge D. Purandeswari was present.
Interacting with the media, Chandel said: "The top priority is to overthrow the Congress government in the state which has lost the confidence of the people."
He said that though the Congress had got a massive mandate of the people, it had failed to fulfil their aspirations. Instead, it has generated public anger.
Born on April 19, 1965, Chandel is a third-time MLA from Janjgir-Champa. He was the Deputy Speaker of the Chhattisgarh Assembly from 2010 to 2011.
It is the second major change in the Chhattisgarh BJP. Earlier, Vishnudeo Sai, the state President, was replaced by Bilaspur MP Arun Sao.