By PTI
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena MLA Rajan Salvi on Saturday filed his nomination because the Maha Vikas Aghadi’s (MVA) candidate for the put up of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker, election for which will probably be held on July 3.
On Friday, first-time BJP legislator Rahul Narvekar had filed his nomination for the put up. While Narvekar represents Colaba Assembly constituency in Mumbai, Salvi is the MLA from Rajapur phase in Ratnagiri district.
A particular two-day Assembly session has been convened on July 3 and 4. While election for the speaker’s put up will probably be held on Sunday, the newly sworn-in Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, in whose cabinet BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis is the deputy CM, will face the ground check the following day.
The MVA alliance consists of the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress. The authorities of those three events collapsed on Wednesday following a rise up by Eknath Shinde, who took oath as CM the following day.
Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat stated Salvi is the opposition’s candidate for the election to the speaker’s put up.
Jayant Patil, Dhananjay Munde (NCP), Ashok Chavan (Congress), Sunil Prabhu (Shiv Sena) had been outstanding amongst those that had been current with Salvi when he filed his papers right here.
The deadline for submitting of the nomination papers was 12 midday on Saturday. The put up of meeting speaker has been mendacity vacant since Nana Patole of Congress resigned in February final yr to grow to be the occasion’s state unit president.
