CPIM Central Committee Member and Former Health Minister Surjya Kanta Mishra was elected Leader of the Opposition in the new West Bengal Assembly on Friday. Surjya Kanta Mishra is elected from Narayangarh in Paschim Medinipur district. Making the announcement, Biman Bose, the Chairman of the State Left Front Committee, also said that the Left will not be nominating anyone for the post of Speaker whose election will be held on May 30.
Subhas Naskar, former Irrigation Minister of Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) , will be the new Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Bishwanath Karak, an All India Forward Bloc MLA from Goghat in Hooghly district, will be the Left's Chief Whip.
Com. BimanBose also announced that the Left Front will be observing State-wide protests on May 31. “We shall protest against the anti-people policies of the Centre including the increase in prices of petroleum products and fertilisers and reductions in subsidies as well as escalating prices of essential commodities. We shall also protest against the death of supporters and party workers who have been killed in the days after the results of the Assembly elections were announced,” Mr. Bose said.
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