Samajwadi Party has made Mata Prasad Pandey the leader of opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly. Earlier, names of Inderjit Saroj, Ram Achal Rajbhar and Toofani Saroj were being mentioned in the race for Leader of Opposition. But SP supremo Akhilesh Yadav has made Mata Prasad Pandey, a Brahmin face from Purvanchal, his successor in the assembly.