In his speech to the newly-elected Shiv Sena MLAs, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde urged them to focus on resolving people's grievances in their constituencies.

Shiv Sena MLAs feel Eknath Shinde should continue to work as the chief minister of Maharashtra, state minister and party leader Deepak Kesarkar said on Sunday.

Eknath Shinde was unanimously elected as the leader of the Shiv Sena Legislature Party on Sunday night. The decision was made during a meeting of all 57 MLA-designates at a suburban hotel in Mumbai.

Eknath Shinde had parted ways with Uddhav Thackeray, along with several Shiv Sena legislators, in 2022 to protest against his decision to ally with arch-rival Congress.

The vote share of the Shinde Sena was 12.38 per cent after it won 57 of the 81 seats it contested, while the vote share of Uddhav's Sena was 9.96 per cent.

This seat witnessed a clash between the two factions of Shiv Sena in the 2024 elections. Both camps of Shiv Sena put all their strength into the election campaign. Between 2009 and 2024, Congress won the seat once, and Shiv Sena won it twice. A total of six candidates contested for this seat in the 2024 elections.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayuti alliance secured a landslide victory in Maharashtra and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led INDIA bloc stormed back to power in Jharkhand.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was on Sunday night elected as the leader of the Shiv Sena Legislature Party.

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