Maharashtra government formation LIVE updates: NCP and Shiv Sena leaders said that the political impasse in the state would end today.
However, Congress sources said the issue of chief minister's post was not discussed in Wednesday's meeting
The Sena is set to have a meeting with its legislators in Mumbai on Friday. Congress leaders separately met Sena's Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut
Raut is the leader of Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party in the Rajya Sabha and his seating position has been changed from the 3rd to the 5th row
He said the picture of the government formation in the state will become clear in the next two days.
Shiv Sena is in talks with the Congress and the NCP to form a non-BJP government in Maharashtra.
We learned from Jaitley the importance of relations and how to maintain them, said Sanjay Raut
NCP president Sharad Pawar is expected to meet his Congress counterpart Sonia Gandhi in Delhi on Monday to discuss government formation
Various NDA allies, including newly appointed LJP president Chirag Paswan, desired to have a convener or coordination committee to sort out differences
Following weeks of bitter political drama, the Sena is currently in the process of forming a non-BJP government
According to sources, all the three Shiv Sena MPs in the Rajya Sabha have been allocated seats on the opposition side
Pawar likely to meet Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Monday or Tuesday on govt formation
The Sena reached out to the Congress-NCP combine for government formation after its demand for sharing the chief minister's post and equal distribution of portfolios was rejected by the BJP
Since the growth has slowed, it is likely that Indian consumers, especially in rural areas, may have had no choice but to cut consumption further
The three parties are likely to be part of the government and negotiations on sharing portfolios among them are on
If the BJP and the Left didn't hesitate to align against a common enemy in the past, why can't the Congress now? It doesn't have much to lose anyway
President's rule was imposed in the state on Tuesday after Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari sent a report to the Centre
He said Congress president Sonia Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray may hold consultations to finalise the CMP
He said the three parties want to form a stable government which will be development-oriented
It is a shame that while the BJP and the Shiv Sena fought elections together and got the required mandate to run the government, voters have been left in limbo