BJP’s Rahul Narvekar elected as Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker; Announcement of ‘Jai Shriram’ in the hall
Mumbai: The two-day special session of the Legislative Assembly has started from today. BJP’s Rahul Narvekar and Shiv Sena’s Rajan Salvi were to contest for the post. In this, BJP’s Rahul Narvekar has been elected as the Speaker of the Assembly. Vice President Narhari Jirwal has announced that Rahul Narvekar has been elected as the Speaker of the Assembly.
After the election of Rahul Narvekar as the Speaker of the Assembly, ‘Jai Shriram’ was announced in the House. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis took Rahul Narvekar to the chair. Mahavikas Aghadi candidate Rajan Salvi got a total of 107 votes. After completing 100 votes, they were welcomed with applause. Three MLAs remained neutral, including the Samajwadi Party and the MIM.
Rahul Narvekar has finally been elected as the Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Voting in the assembly passed in a big commotion. Rahul Narvekar from BJP and Rajan Salvi from Mahavikas Aghadi were in the fray. Narvekar won the match. He has become the youngest assembly speaker in the history of the state. After the head count, Narvekar got 164 votes more than the majority. Rajan Salvi got 107 votes. Samajwadi Party and AIM MLAs abstained. A total of three MLAs remained neutral. In this way, the Norwegians won by a large margin. Now the role of the president is going to be important. Because the majority test of the Shinde-Fadnavis government will also be passed tomorrow.
Chandrakant Patil proposed to elect Rahul Narvekar as the President and it was approved by Girish Mahajan. Chetan Tupe proposed Salvi, while Sangram Thopte approved. The newly formed Shinde government will have to face a majority test. The president is elected on the first day of the legislative session. The Shinde government had sealed the name of Rahul Narvekar for the post of Assembly Speaker, while the Mahavikas Alliance had fielded Rajan Salvi at the last minute. Looking at the strength of Eknath Shinde’s group and the BJP, it was almost certain that Rahul Narvekar would be the Speaker of the Assembly.
‘State’ of father-in-law and son-in-law in the Legislature
With the election of Rahul Narvekar as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, there will be a ‘state’ of fathers-in-law and sons-in-law in the Legislative Assembly. Rahul Narvekar’s son-in-law is in the Legislative Assembly and his father-in-law Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar is currently the Speaker of the Legislative Council. For the first time in Maharashtra’s politics, the pair of son-in-law and father-in-law have been seen as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and the Speaker of the Legislative Council.
Rahul Narvekar is 45 years old. He has become the youngest Speaker of the Legislative Assembly to date. Rahul Narvekar was a one-time Shiv Sena leader. He was then in the Legislative Council from the NCP. Now he is a BJP MLA. The BJP has played another masterstroke by announcing Rahul Narvekar as its candidate for the post of Assembly Speaker. Rahul Narvekar is the MLA of Colaba constituency in Mumbai.
Who is Rahul Narvekar?
Beginning of political journey from Shiv Sena
Member of the Legislative Council of the NCP for three years
Join the BJP before the 2019 elections
MLA from Colaba constituency in 2019
Son-in-law of senior NCP leader Ramraje Nimbalkar
The role of the president is important during the majority test
Mahavikas Aghadi had not announced its candidate for the post of Assembly Speaker till the last moment. In the end, the leaders of the three parties discussed and sealed Salvi’s name. The majority test of the newly appointed Shinde government will take place in a two-day session. Earlier, Narvekar had won as the Speaker of the Assembly. The role of the president will be crucial during the Shinde group and the BJP’s majority test.
