A day before a vote in the Maharashtra assembly to prove its majority, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's camp scored a big win on Sunday, getting its choice of Speaker elected. BJP legislator Rahul Narwekar easily went past the majority mark with 164 votes as voting to elect the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker was held via head count. He was up against Shiv Sena MLA Rajan Salvi of the Uddhav Thackeray team who got 107 votes.
