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The three parties submitted the letter to the officials at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai. "We have signatures of 162 MLAs and we have proven that we can form the government. The current government which is formed overnight should not be given acceptance as they don't have the numbers. We demand the resignation of Chief Minister Fadnavis as they don't have numbers," said Shinde.
Echoing similar sentiments, NCP leader Jayant Patil earlier today had asserted that a government has been formed in the state but the concerned political parties do not have adequate numbers.
Image: NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray at the joint presser on Saturday.
NCP supremo Sharad Pawar today said that it is a fact that BJP did not have the majority and that is why they did not form government earlier. Speaking at a press conference in Karad, Pawar said, "It is a fact that BJP didn't have the majority and that is why they did not form the government. They (BJP) had even written to the Governor initially that they don't have the majority and hence would not form the government."
"We have been conducting meetings with our MLAs and our party NCP is not with the BJP in forming the government," he said.
NCP leader Jayant Patil along with Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde, Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan and others visited the Maharashtra Raj Bhawan today and said that they have given a letter showing the strength of 162 MLAs to the Governor.
"We are in a position to bring 162 MLAs before Maharashtra Governor at any given time," said Patil while leaving from Raj Bhavan.