Rahul Narwekar

Rahul Narwekar (born 11 February 1977) is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is currently the MLA from the Colaba Assembly constituency and the 16th Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly since 2022. Narwekar was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Council in June 2016 as a Governor Nominated member. He is the second-youngest (aged 44) person to be elected speaker of any state in the country, the youngest being Shivraj Patil (aged 42). In May 2023, he completed a 4-day UK tour speaking at the Ideas for India Conference organised by Bridge India in London,speaking with students at Cambridge University. His tour attracted media attention because of its proximity to the Supreme Court judgement on the disqualification of 16 MLAs of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. 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.