New Delhi: BJP's Badarpur MLA Ramvir Singh Bidhuri was on Monday unanimously appointed by the party as the Leader of Opposition in the 7th Delhi Assembly.
"Bidhuri's name was announced at the Delhi BJP office by Saroj Pandey, party's national general secretary and central observer, in presence of Delhi unit president Manoj Tiwari," said Delhi BJP media relations head Neelkant Bakshi.
Bidhuri's name as Leader of Opposition was proposed by Rohini MLA Vijender Gupta.
"Gupta was Leader of Opposition in the previous Assembly," he said.
The BJP won 8 seats in the Assembly polls held earlier this month. The newly elected MLAs will be administered oath in the first meeting of the new House later in the day.
Bidhuri is an experienced politician. He started his political journey with the Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. He has been in different political parties. In 1993, he won the Assembly election on a Janata Dal ticket. He was also elected the Janata Dal Legislative Party.
He then joined the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in 2003.He also received the award for Best Legislator.
(PTI REPORT)
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