Shiv Sena legislator Neelam Gorhe was on Monday unanimously elected deputy chairperson of the Maharashtra Legislative Council.

Council Chairman Ramraje Nimblkar announced Gorhe's appointment to the post.

She is the first woman to be appointed deputy chairperson of the state Legislative Council, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said in the House.

Gorhe, a third-term MLC, earlier also filed her nomination for the post in 2015, but later withdrew it.

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