Deepak Kesarkar on Bawankule claiming Fadnavis as 2024 CM, says no need to take him seriously

Days after Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) chief Chandrashekar Bawankule,  indicating that present Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis might take over as the next Chief minister, state minister and Shiv Sena leader Deepak Kesarkar said there is no need to take the leader of the ruling ally seriously.

Chandrashekar Bawankule is a leader of the BJP, our ally, but there is no need to take his words seriously. The BJP's high command is in regular communication with Devendra Fadnavis and he himself has asserted that Eknath Shinde will be the chief ministerial face (of the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena alliance) in next year's Assembly elections, said Kesarkar.

He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah demonstrate their support for Shinde on their visits to Maharashtra. Recently, in an interview with a vernacular media, the BJP's state unit chief Bawankule said the BJP workers want to see Fadnavis return as chief minister.