Maharashtra state assembly is functioning without Deputy Speaker since 4 years

History of Maharashtra will have a new mention, stating that the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly as the one without a deputy speaker for the longest gap of four years.

On October 31, 2014, the BJP government led by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had assumed office and won the trust vote on November 12. Before the trust vote, BJP leader Haribhau Bagade was unanimously elected as the Speaker.

The Shiv Sena had joined the government in December 2014. Since then, the Lower House of the state legislature has met for 15 times, and on Monday will meet again for the 16th time for a two-week winter session.

Earlier, during the Sena-BJP rule between 1995-99, Sharad Motiram Tasare of Congress from Teosa Assembly constituency was the Deputy Speaker.

Later on as the government changed, during the 15-year rule of the Congress-NCP, the speaker’s post was with the NCP while the Congress had its nominee on the deputy speaker’s post.

In the meantime, on Thursday, the Juhu police finally succeeed in nabbing Sattar Gaffar Sayyed, who was absconding for the last 20 years. The police had arrested the 43-year-old from Govandi.

In February 1995, a case was registered against him and two others, under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Arms Act for allegedly firing gunshots in the air and giving life threats to a share broker.

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