Rahul Narvekar, BJP’s candidate, elected new Maharashtra Assembly Speaker

New Delhi: First-time BJP legislator Rahul Narvekar has been elected as the new Maharashtra Assembly Speaker on Sunday (July 3, 2022). Narvekar, who received 164 votes during the special two-day session of the Legislative Assembly which began on Sunday at 11 am, defeated Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena candidate Rajan Salvi who could only poll 107 votes. Amid chants of “Jai Bhavani, Jai Shivaji” and “Bharat Mata ki Jai”, Narvekar took charge as the Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly. 

The session is currently underway.

#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”.

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The post of Speaker was vacant since February last year after Congress’ Nana Patole quit.

The development came a day ahead of the four-day-old Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena-BJP government facing a floor test on July 4.

(This is a breaking news, more details awaited)