Maharashtra tussle: BJP to meet Governor, Uddhav Thackeray calls Shiv Sena MLAs
Mumbai/IBNS: As the deadline to form the new government is knocking on the door, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is scheduled to meet Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Thursday while the chief of its bitter ally Shiv Sena, Uddhav Thackeray, called all his MLAs for a meeting.
All eyes will be on the BJP whether it proposes to form a minority government as the Sena is still adamant on its demand of 50:50 power share in the government and rotational Chief Ministership.
The BJP has so far rejected the Sena's demands.
The Sena's mild push to form a non-BJP government in the state was crushed on Wednesday with the refusal of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar to join the BJP's ally.
The Congress, which has 44 seats under its belt, has also distanced itself from the Sena which has won 56 seats in the polls.
In a clear message, the NCP chief, who is a veteran politician, said, "It is not about supporting Shiv Sena or not. We fought the election in an alliance with the Congress. So we will sit in the Opposition."
As per the seats tally, the BJP, despite emerging as the single largest party with 105 seats, won't be able to form a majority government as the halfway mark in 288-member assembly is 145.
The Sena was looking to cobble up the required number by adding NCP's 54 and Congress' 44.
The deadline to form the new government is Nov 9.
(Images: Twitter handles of Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena)
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