– Akhilesh Yadav appointed Mata Prasad Pandey as Leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly.
– Kamal Akhtar was appointed as the chief whip of the party in the Assembly and Rakesh Kumar Verma as the deputy whip.
– The appointment comes after the seat fell vacant when Akhilesh Yadav was elected to the Lok Sabha.
– Mata Prasad Pandey pledged to work for the development of neglected people and raise their issues in the Assembly.
– He expressed his intention to extend the Assembly session to discuss various problems.