: Maharashtra: BJP MLA Rahul Narvekar elected new Assembly Speaker #IndiaNEWS Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Rahul Narvekar was elected as the Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly on Sunday. He was contesting

Maharashtra: BJP MLA Rahul Narvekar elected new Assembly Speaker #IndiaNEWS
Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Rahul Narvekar was elected as the Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly on Sunday. He was contesting against Shiv Sena MLA Rajan Salvi, who was nominated by the party’s faction led by former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.Narvekar was nominated by the group led by Eknath Shinde, who took oath as the chief minister on Thursday. Narvekar received 164 votes in support, while 107 MLAs voted against him in the 288-member Assembly, reported ANI. Samajwadi Party and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MLAs abstained from voting.#WATCH | BJP MLA Rahul Narwekar takes charge as the Speaker of Maharashtra Assembly amid chants of "Jai Bhavani, Jai Shivaji", "Jai Sri Ram", "Bharat Mata ki Jai" and "Vande Mataram".(Source: Maharashtra Assembly) pic.twitter.com/oQ1qn2wdcp— ANI (@ANI) July 3, 2022 The Speaker’s post had been lying vacant since the Congress’ Nana Patole quit in February 2021 to become the chief of the party’s state unit. Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal had been carrying out the Speaker’s functions since then.The election was crucial for the Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction as the Speaker can dismiss disqualification proceedings initiated by Zirwal against 16 rebel MLAs and Shinde, legal experts had told NDTV.Both factions had issued whips directing their MLAs to vote for their respective candidates, PTI reported. On Saturday, Shinde said that...Read more

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