Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar said the notice for the no-confidence motion against deputy speaker Narhari Zirwala must have lapsed as it was not tabled in the last winter session.
Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar, deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal
By Ritvick Arun Bhalekar: Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar said the notice for the no-confidence motion against deputy speaker Narhari Zirwala was not tabled in the winter session. Speaking exclusively to Sahil Joshi on India Today’s Marathi platform Mumbai Tak, Rahul Narvekar said, “The notice issued against the deputy Speaker was not tabled in the last winter session. Therefore, the notice must have lapsed is what I assume after the end of the session.”
This means that no action will be taken regarding the no-confidence motion against NCP’s Narhari Zirwala and he will continue as the deputy Speaker for the time being. However, it was yet to be ruled whether a deputy speaker facing a no-confidence motion had a right to disqualify MLAs.
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Rahul Narvekar clarified that any presiding officer or deputy Speaker in the House cannot decide on the disqualification proposal while having been served a notice of no-confidence.
Speaking in the Supreme Court, Rahul Narvekar said, “I want to tell you that when a no-confidence motion is served against a presiding officer, it is expected that from the moment of serving the notice, the presiding officer is not expected to decide on any disqualification proposal.”
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“From what I understand and the documents available on the records of the Legislature Secretariat, it appears that the notice of no-confidence against the then deputy Speaker was served through email and in person the next day. Since it was given, they were not expected to take a decision in this regard. We saw the same action taking place,” he added.
When asked whether the notice came up for discussion in the Assembly, Rahul Narvekar replied that if any notice is served and not moved in a session, the motion becomes void after the period of the session ends. He said the motion would have been discussed if the notice was tabled in the House. “But as far as I know, the motion did not come up in the house, thus, I believe it must have been lapsed,” said Narvekar.
A Constitution bench of the Supreme Court was hearing the cases related to the Shiv Sena rift when the matter of no-confidence motion against deputy speaker Narhari Zirwala came up.
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