Bengal BJP Signals Fightback Intent By Electing Suvendu Adhikari As Leader Of Opposition
by Jaideep Mazumdar - May 10, 2021 01:49 PM
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.
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Having defeated Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram, Adhikari had emerged as the pre-eminent BJP MLA. That itself cemented his claim to the post of leader of the BJP legislature party.
The BJP central leadership has, after the passage of a week, finally signalled its intent of standing up to and fighting the Trinamool by facilitating the election of Nandigram MLA Suvendu Adhikari as the head of its legislature party.
Adhikari, thus, becomes the leader of opposition and has pipped other contenders, including BJP national vice-president Mukul Roy, to that post.
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