<p>BJP’s Rahul Narwakar was unanimously elected as the Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. </p><p>Narwekar (47) is the former Speaker who had presided over the disqualification cases involving <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/shiv-sena">Shiv Sena</a> vs <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/shiv-sena-ubt">Shiv Sena (UBT)</a> and NCP vs NCP (SP) from 2022-24. </p><p>Narwakar was the candidate of Maha Yuti, which commands a strength of 235 in the 288-member Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.</p><p>The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi had not fielded any candidate because of the numbers. </p><p>Narwekar is a two-time MLA from the prestigious Colaba seat of Mumbai and had been an MLC previously.</p>.Shiv Sena firm on Home portfolio, clarity on Maharashtra cabinet formation by December 8: Report.<p>Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/devendra-fadnavis">Devendra Fadnavis</a> proposed Narwekar’s name which was seconded by Deputy Chief Ministers <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/eknath-shinde">Eknath Shinde</a> and Ajit Pawar among others.</p><p>Fadnavis thanked the opposition for not fielding candidates and maintaining the custom of having the Speaker elected unanimously. </p><p>Narwekar, a lawyer by profession, has knowledge of Constitutional issues.</p><p><br>His father, Suresh Narwekar, was a municipal councillor from Mumbai, and his brother Makarand Narwekar was a two-time Corporator from Ward No 227 while his sister-in-law, Harshata Narwekar, was one-term Corporator from Ward No 226.</p><p>Earlier, Narwekar was a member of the undivided Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena, which he left after the party denied him a ticket in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. </p><p>He joined the undivided Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party and contested the general election in 2019 from Maval, which he lost. </p><p>Thereafter, ahead of 2019 Vidhan Sabha polls, he joined the BJP.</p>
<p>BJP’s Rahul Narwakar was unanimously elected as the Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. </p><p>Narwekar (47) is the former Speaker who had presided over the disqualification cases involving <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/shiv-sena">Shiv Sena</a> vs <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/shiv-sena-ubt">Shiv Sena (UBT)</a> and NCP vs NCP (SP) from 2022-24. </p><p>Narwakar was the candidate of Maha Yuti, which commands a strength of 235 in the 288-member Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.</p><p>The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi had not fielded any candidate because of the numbers. </p><p>Narwekar is a two-time MLA from the prestigious Colaba seat of Mumbai and had been an MLC previously.</p>.Shiv Sena firm on Home portfolio, clarity on Maharashtra cabinet formation by December 8: Report.<p>Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/devendra-fadnavis">Devendra Fadnavis</a> proposed Narwekar’s name which was seconded by Deputy Chief Ministers <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/eknath-shinde">Eknath Shinde</a> and Ajit Pawar among others.</p><p>Fadnavis thanked the opposition for not fielding candidates and maintaining the custom of having the Speaker elected unanimously. </p><p>Narwekar, a lawyer by profession, has knowledge of Constitutional issues.</p><p><br>His father, Suresh Narwekar, was a municipal councillor from Mumbai, and his brother Makarand Narwekar was a two-time Corporator from Ward No 227 while his sister-in-law, Harshata Narwekar, was one-term Corporator from Ward No 226.</p><p>Earlier, Narwekar was a member of the undivided Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena, which he left after the party denied him a ticket in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. </p><p>He joined the undivided Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party and contested the general election in 2019 from Maval, which he lost. </p><p>Thereafter, ahead of 2019 Vidhan Sabha polls, he joined the BJP.</p>