Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav will be the party's leader in the Lok Sabha, the formalities for which will be completed in Delhi. Yadav will resign from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, where he is the Leader of Opposition, a senior party leader said on Saturday. Rajendra Chaudhary, the Samajwadi Party's chief spokesperson, told PTI, "It is understood that Yadav will be the leader of the party in the Lok Sabha but there is a formality of choosing the leader of the parliamentary party and this will be completed in Delhi." "The formality of electing the leader of the parliamentary party will be completed after the swearing-in of the prime minister and the selection of the Lok Sabha's protem speaker," he added. Chaudhary also confirmed that Yadav will resign from the assembly, where he represents the Karhal seat in Mainpuri. The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister has been elected to the Lok Sabha from the Kannauj constituency. As a constituent of the opposition INDIA bloc, the ...
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