Rahul Narwekar

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Sarojini Naik Nimbalkar
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Rahul Narwekar
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Rahul Narwekar at the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Bhavan) in Mumbai
19th Speaker of the House
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 July 2022
Children2 daughters
Education Bachelor of Commerce
Bachelor of Law
OccupationAdvocate, Politician
Website rahulnarwekar.com

Rahul Narwekar is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is currently the MLA from the Colaba Assembly constituency and also the current Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Narwekar was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Council in June 2016 as a Governor's Nominated member. 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] In May 2023, he completed a 4-day UK tour speaking at the Ideas for India Conference organised by Bridge India in London, [3] and speaking with students at Cambridge University. His tour attracted media attention [4] [5] [6] [7] because of its proximity to the Supreme Court judgement on the disqualification of 16 MLAs of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. [8] In November 2024 he was re-elected on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Colaba constituency and won by a huge margin.

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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. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] His sister-in-law Harshita Narwekar is also a Municipal Councillor on a Bhartiya Janata Party ticket from the Cuffe Parade area. [15]


Political career

Narwekar began his political career with the Shiv Sena party, where he served as a spokesperson for the youth wing. After 15 years with the Shiv Sena, Narwekar left the party in 2014 when he was denied a ticket for the Lok Sabha election. [16] He then joined the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and contested the 2014 Lok Sabha election from the Maval constituency but was unsuccessful. In June 2016, Narwekar was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Council as a Governor's Nominated member. [17] In 2019, Narwekar switched to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and successfully contested the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election from the Colaba constituency, winning by 16,195 votes (57,420 total votes in his favour). [18] On July 3, 2022, Narwekar was elected as the Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. At the age of 45, he became the youngest person to be elected as Speaker of any state legislature in India. [19] In May 2023, Narwekar was tasked by the Supreme Court of India with deciding on the disqualification petitions of 34 MLAs from the two factions of Shiv Sena that emerged after the party split in 2022. [20] In November 2024, he was re-elected as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Colaba constituency, winning by a massive margin of 48,581 votes totalling 68.49% vote share (81,085 votes) of all votes polled (1,18,389). [21]


YearPartyPosition/Event
1999–2014 Logo of Shiv Sena.svg Shiv SenaSpokesperson for youth wing
2014 Clock symbol of NCP.png Nationalist Congress PartyJoined NCP after being denied Lok Sabha ticket by Shiv Sena
2014 Clock symbol of NCP.png Nationalist Congress PartyUnsuccessfully contested Lok Sabha election from Maval constituency
2016 Clock symbol of NCP.png Nationalist Congress PartyElected to Maharashtra Legislative Council as Governor's Nominated member
2019 Bharatiya Janata Party (icon).svg Bharatiya Janata PartyJoined BJP
2019 Bharatiya Janata Party (icon).svg Bharatiya Janata PartyElected as MLA from Colaba
2022 Bharatiya Janata Party (icon).svg Bharatiya Janata PartyElected as Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
2023 Bharatiya Janata Party (icon).svg Bharatiya Janata PartyTasked by Supreme Court to decide on disqualification petitions of Shiv Sena MLAs
2024 Bharatiya Janata Party (icon).svg Bharatiya Janata PartyRe-elected as MLA from Colaba

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