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The Speaker elections were held after Eknath Shinde, who led a rebellion to bring down the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, took oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on June 30. The new Maharashtra Cabinet has called a special session of the state assembly for two days July 3 and July 4. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that Narwekar is the
Mumbai: First time BJP MLA Rahul Narwekar was elected as Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly on Sunday. Days after Eknath Shinde took over as the chief minister and the BJP returned to power in the state, the speaker was elected to run the House proceedings. 45-year-old Narwekar defeated Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena loyalist Rajan Salvi by 57 votes.
Interestingly, Narwekar's father-in-law Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar, a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) member is the Chairman of the state Legislative Council.