Rahul Narwekar

Rahul Narwekar is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the current speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Narwekar was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Council in June 2016 as a Governor's Nominated member. Previously, he was a member of the Shiv Sena party, but as the party denied him a ticket in 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he joined the Nationalist Congress Party and unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha election on the party's ticket from the Maval constituency. Rahul is the sitting MLA from Colaba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in Mumbai on a Bhartiya Janata Party ticket. He is Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on 3 July 2022 and he is the second-youngest (age 44) person to be elected speaker of any state in the country, the youngest being Shivraj Patil (age 42). [1][2]

Rahul Narwekar
19th Speaker of the House
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
3 July 2022
Governor
DeputyNarhari Zirwal
Chief MinisterEknath Shinde
Preceded byNarhari Zirwal
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2019
Preceded byRaj K. Purohit
ConstituencyColaba
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office
2014–2019
ConstituencyNominated by Governor
Personal details
Born (1977-02-11) 11 February 1977
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2019 onwards)
Other political
affiliations		Nationalist Congress Party (2014-19)
Shiv Sena (till 2014)
Spouse
Sarojini Naik Nimbalkar
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(m. 2012)​
Children1 daughter
EducationBachelor of Commerce
Bachelor of Law
OccupationAdvocate, Politician

Personal life

Rahul Narwekar is the son-in-law of senior NCP leader Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar. Rahul's father, Suresh Narwekar was a Municipal Councillor from the Colaba area. Rahul's brother Makarand Narwekar is a second-term Municipal Councillor, currently from Ward No. 227. Rahul's sister-in-law Harshita Narwekar is a Municipal Councillor from Ward No. 226.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

References
  1. "Who is Rahul Narwekar, the newly elected Maharashtra assembly speaker?". 3 July 2022. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  2. The Economic Times (3 July 2022). "BJP's Rahul Narvekar elected Maharashtra Assembly Speaker". Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  3. Rahul Narwekar opts out of MLC poll fray, goes incommunicado
  4. Shiv Sena leader Rahul Narwekar joins NCP
  5. Shiv Sena leader Rahul Narwekar joins NCP, to contest from Maval
  6. Rahul Narwekar says he was victimised by Shiv Sena, defects to NCP
  7. Shiv Sena leader Rahul Narwekar joins NCP, gets ticket from Maval
  8. My Neta


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