– Mata Prasad Pandey has been named the Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly
– He replaces Akhilesh Yadav, who resigned after being elected to the Lok Sabha
– Pandey is an 81-year-old Brahmin leader and a seven-time MLA
– Kamal Akhtar has been named chief whip and Rakesh Kumar Verma as deputy whip
– Announcements made after a meeting of MLAs at the Samajwadi Party headquarters in Lucknow