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Earlier, SP leader Dhani Ram Verma had held the post for almost four-and-half years.
The 50-member BSP became the largest opposition group in the 403-member state assembly following the en masse resignation of the 102 Samajwadi Party MLAs, Tripathi told reporters in Lucknow.
Meanwhile, a brief session of the assembly would begin from September 26, Vidhan Sabha secretary R P Pandey said in a release on Tuesday.
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