Suvendu Adhikari Elected Opposition Leader In West Bengal Assembly

Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad announced Suvendu Adhikari's name as leader of the BJP legislature party in the assembly after a meeting of the legislators at the party's Hastings office.

The BJP on Monday unanimously elected Suvendu Adhikari as Leader of Opposition in the new West Bengal Assembly to take on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the house. Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad announced Mr Adhikari's name as leader of the BJP legislature party in the assembly after a meeting of the legislators at the party's Hastings office. The saffron party has emerged as the main opposition party winning 77 seats in the 294-member house. Mr Adhikari has been preferred by the saffron party ahead of senior party leaders like Mukul Roy, who also got elected from Nadia constituency, to take on Ms Banerjee in the house.