BJP’s Rahul Narwekar is new Maharashtra Speaker, endorses Eknath Shinde as Sena House leader

In the first major victory for the Eknath Shinde government, its nominee, BJP MLA from Colaba Rahul Narwekar, was elected as Speaker of the Maharashtra legislative assembly on Sunday. He polled 164 votes compared to 107 votes for the MVA nominee, Shiv Sena’s Rajan Salvi. Three MLAs— two from the Samajwadi Party and one from MIM—abstained from the vote. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/xAh8iu3