Leaders from the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday, requesting that one of the constituent parties in the alliance be given the deputy speaker’s post in the state assembly. 

The delegation, led by Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Bhaskar Jadhav, made it clear that while the opposition would not contest the election for the speaker’s post — thereby letting Rahul Narwekar get elected unopposed — they insisted that the ruling government adhere to protocol and allocate the deputy speaker's position to the opposition, news agency PTI reported.