Matoshree, the residence of Uddhav Thackeray in suburban Bandra saw heavy police deployment as the Shiv Sena MLAs were called in for a meeting over government formation in Maharashtra. Sources said current political situation, along with farmers' woes are on the discussion list.
Desai denied that the Sena legislators will be shifted to a hotel in south Mumbai, amid fear of switching sides. While the Shiv Sena has been insisting on sharing the chief minister's post, the BJP has rejected it.
Asked if he represented views of his party amid the logjam over government formation in the state, Raut said, "I put forth views of Uddhav Thackeray."
The tenure of the current Maharashtra Assembly ends in two days and a delegation of senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are scheduled to meet Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Thursday, to stake claim. Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray has also summoned his party's newly-elected 56 MLAs for government formation talks at his residence in Bandra.
As the tenure of the Maharashtra government nears an end, a delegation of BJP leaders will meet Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and will stake claim to form a government in the state. At present, Maharashtra witnesses a curious game in which all major political parties are engaged in 'no harm no foul'.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over "unemployment rate."
A fortnight after the assembly election results were announced, Maharashtra witnesses a curious game in which all major political parties are engaged in 'no harm no foul', though the crisis is expected to be resolved by early Thursday.
A multi-agency operation, involving the Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard, Director General Shipping, the Mormugao Port Trust and other state agencies was subsequently launched to transfer the naphtha, nearly 50 tons of oil and 19 tons of diesel to other vessels.
The impasse remains despite results of the October 24 assembly polls giving the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance a combined seat strength of 161, way past the 145 majority mark in the 288-member House.
Addressing a press conference, NCP chief Sharad Pawar today said that his party and the Congress will sit in Opposition. Commenting on his meeting with Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut, Pawar said it was a courtesy meet and that the political equations in Maharashtra and the government formation was not discussed.
A day after reiterating that the next chief minister of Maharashtra would be from the Shiv Sena, party leader Sanjay Raut met NCP chief Sharad Pawar in Mumbai today. This is the second meeting between the two leaders since the assembly election results in the state were announced.
Amid the stalemate continuing over government formation in the state, Raut told reporters that no fresh proposal has been received from the BJP or sent to it. He claimed farmers and the working class want a Shiv Sena chief minister and have hopes and expectations from the Uddhav Thackeray-led party.
Amid the impasse over government formation in Maharashtra, farm activist Kishore Tiwari, who joined the Shiv Sena ahead of the Assembly polls, has said RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat should depute Union minister Nitin Gadkari to resolve the power-tussle between the BJP and the Sena.
Maharashtra Finance Minister and senior BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar on Tuesday hinted at a possible breakthrough in the ongoing deadlock with the Shiv Sena over formation of a government, saying a "good news" can come at any moment.
The Shiv Sena on Tuesday said the political direction of Maharashtra, where the government formation is getting delayed, will depend upon the steps to be taken by "outgoing" Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. The Sena editorial in party mouthpiece "Saamana" also underlined the need to form government in Maharashtra at the earliest "in the interest of the nation as well the people of the state."
Party sources said the LJP national executive in its meeting on Tuesday will see Chirag Paswan's anointment as its president.
After meeting NCP leader Sharad Pawar in Delhi on Monday, Sonia Gandhi has said that the Congress party will not extend its support to the Shiv Sena. Moreover, sources have said the Congress may support the Shiv Sena in case it decides to move out of its alliance with the BJP. The meeting between Sonia Gandhi and Sharad Pawar had lasted for over an hour.
There is still not absolute clarity on government formation in Maharashtra and perhaps that's why incumbent Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met Union Home Minister Amit Shah He conveyed Shah the need to form a government in Maharashtra at the earliest.
Amid an impasse over government formation in Maharashtra, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi at her residence here to discuss the political situation in the state.
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday met Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari. In a press conference held after the meet, Raut said that he clarified to the Governor that Shiv Sena is not responsible for the confusion and delay in government formation in Maharashtra.
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