MUMBAI: Maharashtra minister and Shiv Sena leader Deepak Kesarkar has said his party legislators feel Eknath Shinde should continue as the chief minister of the state, where the ruling Mahayuti scored a landslide victory in the assembly polls.Kesarkar met Shinde at the latter’s residence in Mumbai on Sunday, a day after the Mahayuti coalition, of which Shiv Sena is a constituent, retained power by winning 230 of the 288 assembly seats in the state, leaving the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi with just 46 seats.”Shiv Sena MLAs feel Shinde should continue in the post because under his leadership the Mahayuti worked very well and performed spectacularly in polls,” Kesarkar told reporters.He, however, added that Shinde and Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis (BJP) and Ajit Pawar (NCP) will take a unanimous decision on the CM issue.”Whatever may be the decision, it will be in the interest of Maharashtra,” said Kesarkar, who won another term from the Sawantwadi constituency. Speculation regarding the chief minister’s post started doing rounds after the BJP led by Fadnavis won the highest 132 out of 288 seats in the state elections.
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