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Samajwadi Party leader Mata Prasad Pandey has been named Leader of Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Assembly after Akhilesh Yadav was elected to Lok Sabha in the recently held general election.
The 81-year-old veteran leader represents Itwa constituency in Uttar Pradesh's Siddharthnagar district. A seven-time MLA, he has served as Speaker of the Assembly for two terms.