NCP legislators at a meeting chaired by party chief Ajit Pawar on Thursday were told to step up outreach with the Muslim and Dalit communities and also increase communication with the politically influential Maratha community in the run-up to .
Five days after he took oath as the Maharashtra Chief Minister following a rebellion in the Shiv Sena, Eknath Shinde today comfortably won the trust vote in the state Assembly with 164 votes being polled in his favour and 99 against him in the 288-member House.
Some Shiv Sena MLAs voted against the party whip. Its recording should be verified and necessary action should be taken against them, says NCP legislator Zirwal
Mumbai, July 3 (PTI): Rahul Narvekar of the BJP was on Sunday elected Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly during the first day of its special session. Narvekar, who polled 164 votes, defeated Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena candidate Rajan Salvi, who got 107 votes. The Speaker’s post was lying vacant since February last year after Nana Patole of the Congress resigned. Narvekar (45) is the youngest ever Assembly Speaker in the country, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said. His father-in-law Ramraje Naik of NCP is the chairperson of the Legislative Council. The two-day special session of the 288-member House got underway in the Vidhan Bhavan in south Mumbai at 11 am on Sunday. The Eknath Shinde-led government will face a floor test in the Assembly on Monday. The Assembly has one vacancy due to the death of Sena’s Ramesh Latke.NCP legislator Narhari Zirwal could not vote as he is the deputy speaker. After the vote count, Zirwal said, Some Shiv Sena MLAs voted against th