BJP legislator Rahul Narwekar was elected the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker today as he polled 164 votes, nearly 50 votes more than Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena candidate Rajan Salvi.
Here are 5 big points on new Maharashtra Assembly Speaker:
- Mr Narwekar, 45, was elected to the Assembly from Mumbai's Colaba constituency. He has been associated with the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party in the past.
- Mr Narwekar is the son-in-law of senior NCP leader Ramraje Naik-Nimbalkar, who is also chairman of the Maharashtra legislative council.
- He was the spokesperson of Youth Wing of Shiv Sena before quitting the party in 2014. After his stint in the Sena, he moved to Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party.
- Rahul Narwekar unsuccessfully contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Maval. At the time he lost to Shrirang Appa Barne of the Shiv Sena.
- Mr Narwekar joined the BJP before the 2019 Maharashtra assembly polls. He won the assembly elections from Colaba, defeating Congress' Bhai Jagtap.
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