RPI: BJP+Sena govt in Maha, says Shah

November 18, 2019 10:45

As the Congress sits on the fence over government formation in Maharashtra, the Republican Party of India chief Ramdas Athawale on Sunday said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah asked him not to worry about the current political crisis in Maharashtra, and assured him that BJP and Shiv Sena would come together to form the government.

"I told Amit Bhai (BJP President Amit Shah) that if he mediates then a way can be found out to which he (Amit Shah) replied don't worry, everything will be fine. BJP and Shiv Sena will come together to form the government," Union Minister Athawale told ANI.

"I think that Shiv Sena should change its stand. Congress is not ready to support the Sena," he added.

NCP leader Nawab Malik has said that there is a meeting scheduled between NCP President Sharad Pawar and Congress President Sonia

Gandhi today. "Once it is decided in the meeting today on how to go ahead, definitely everything will speed up and there will be an alternate government in Maharashtra," Malik said.

The BJP and the Shiv Sena got an absolute majority in Maharashtra assembly polls but could not form the government due to differences over power-sharing.

Following the inability of BJP, the single largest party, to form the government, Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari asked the Shiv Sena, and then NCP to form the government in the state. However, as they were not able to put together a viable alternative in the given time, the state came under President's Rule. -- Agencies

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