U.P. Legislative Council set to have LoP in Monsoon Session

The bypolls for the seat were notified on June 25, but the SP did not field any candidates, and the BJP candidate Bahoran Lal Maurya was declared elected unopposed on Friday.

LUCKNOW: The Samajwadi Party did not contest the elections for the lone vacant seat in the UP Legislative Council, leading to the BJP candidate being elected unopposed. However, the party will finally name the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the UP Legislative Council in the forthcoming Monsoon Session of the UP Legislature.

Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Bhavan (Sourced)

The seat fell vacant in February when Samajwadi Party member Swami Prasad Maurya resigned, reducing the SP’s strength in the Upper House of the UP Legislature to eight. The bypolls for the seat were notified on June 25, but the SP did not field any candidates, and the BJP candidate Bahoran Lal Maurya was declared elected unopposed on Friday.

However, in March, during the biennial elections for 13 seats, ten BJP candidates were elected and three SP candidates were elected. This increased the SP’s representation in the Council to ten members. For the Council to have a Leader of Opposition (LoP), the largest opposition party must have at least ten members. “The SP now qualifies to have the post of Leader of Opposition in the house. The party will name the LoP soon,” said Lal Bihari Yadav.