Difficult to stake claim in 24-hr deadline: NCP

November 12, 2019 08:56

The political roulette in Maharashtra continues with Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari inviting the Nationalist Congress Party to show its willingness to form the government. The NCP has been given time till 8.30 pm Tuesday to inform the Governor of its willingness to form the government.

However, if senior party sources are to be believed, it would be difficult for the NCP to convince the Congress leadership to go along with the Shiv Sena within the given time, while indicating that the state could be heading towards Presidents rule.

The Sharad Pawar-led NCP was called to form the government Monday, after the BJP expressed its unwillingness to form government, and then the Shiv Sena, which was invited next and given 23 hours to prove its intent, could not show support for its claim within the stipulated time.

Leader of NCPs legislative wing, Ajit Pawar, was called by the Governors office to meet Koshyari where the formal proposal was handed over to a delegation of party leaders.

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