Mumbai: First-time BJP legislator Rahul Narvekar was on Sunday elected Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly, winning 164 votes in an election held via head count. His opponent Shiv Sena MLA and Uddhav Thackeray loyalist Rajan Salvi won 107 votes.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis were among those who voted.
The Samajwadi Party (SP) abstained from voting. AIMIM MLAs also abstained from voting.
After the voting, the Deputy Speaker said that Shiv Sena MLAs had voted against the whip.
Narwekar is the son-in-law of senior NCP leader Ramraje Naik-Nimbalkar, who is also chairman and speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Council.
He joined the BJP before the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly polls. He won the Assembly elections from Colaba.
Cuttack: A promising youthful life ended in Cuttack on Sunday as a sophomore was electrocuted…
Mumbai: Ever since ‘Kantara’ became a phenomenal hit in 2022, movie lovers have been yearning…
Bhubaneswar: The husband of a sarpanch and a panchayat samiti member were critically injured as…
New Delhi: Pollution in the national Capital is going from bad to worse. As Delhi’s air…
Bhubaneswar: In order to streamline the road construction works, the Odisha government is planning to…
Patna: The trailer of ‘Pushpa 2: The Rule’, one of the year’s most anticipated films, is…
Patna: It was one of the most anticipated events in the Indian film industry -- the…
Bhubaneswar: With Odisha government taking a serious note of unnatural death of elephants, the Forest…