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New Maharashtra Speaker: ‘My duty more important now due to lopsided numbers in House. No issue will be ignored because Opposition weak'

December 12, 2024 9:36 am

“Schedule 10 (anti-defection law) ensures parliamentary democracy is maintained... Inter-party differences of opinion must not be a cause for using its provisions as this will destroy inter-party democracy": Rahul Narwekar

Why Maharashtra Speaker's non-disqualification of any MLA is a win-win for BJP

January 11, 2024 3:46 pm

While ouster of Sena (UBT) MLAs would have allowed Uddhav to play the victim card, action against Shinde Sena legislators would have helped the Opposition paint BJP as a party breaker

Disqualification plea hearing: Maharashtra Speaker says won’t fall prey to pressure tactics, will follow rules

October 08, 2023 3:47 pm

Without naming Sena UBT, Narvekar said that some people are trying to put pressure and influence him while hearing the disqualification petitions but he will not fall prey to such pressure tactics.

Bigger Picture: Why Maharashtra Speaker's post has been vacant for more than a year now

February 12, 2023 4:03 pm

The Maharashtra Assembly Speaker's post is vacant since February last year, when Nana Patole resigned from the post and became the state Congress president.

Explained: The tussle over the election of Maharashtra Assembly Speaker

December 28, 2021 9:24 pm

Why has the election been necessitated, and why is the Governor not consenting to the schedule proposed by the government? What do the Constitution and Rules of the Assembly say?

Fadnavis dares Cong, Sena to bring no trust vote

November 13, 2014 1:15 am

Fadnavis asserted that the government strictly adhered to the rules, and that there was no deviation from the Constitutional norms.

LIVE: Bedlam in Maharashtra Assembly as Devendra Fadnavis govt wins trust on voice vote

November 12, 2014 2:23 pm

Bagde's name was announced by Protem Speaker Jiva Pandu Gavit in the newly-constituted Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.

Fadnavis to seek trust vote today; Tripartite contest for Maharashtra Speaker post

November 12, 2014 11:50 am

A section of Sena leaders admitted that the decision to contest the Speaker’s election without consulting the Congress and NCP backfired.

2 suspended MLAs in police custody

April 16, 2014 5:31 pm

A day after the Maharashtra Speaker suspended five members of the legislative assembly for assaulting a police officer on the premises of Vidhan Bhawan,two of the MLAs surrendered to the Mumbai Police Crime Branch.