The coalition crisis in Maharastra seems to take new twists and turns with passing time. With no political party reaching the magical figure, and BJP backing off from alliance with Shiv Sena, the state politics is at full throttle. Uddhav Thackeray the supremo of Shiv Sena is now moving the cards to form the government holding talks with the biggies of Congress and NCP. Starting with the resignation of Arvind Ganpat Sawant, the only Shiv Sena minister in Modi cabinet, the Thackeray made it clear that the ties with BJP have come to an end. Congress and NCP chief’s Sonia Gandhi and Sharad Pawar respectively went for a series of meetings with their core group and party cadre to discuss the political assimilations.
Amidst this, Shive Sena’s senior leader and MP Sanjay Raut made statements on records that their party is ready to form government in Maharastra with the support of Congress and NCP and lashed out of the BJP government for creating the political turmoil. Reportedly, 39 Congress leader has submitted a written copy to Sonia Gandhi conveying their nod to the coalition with Shiv Sena. NCP and Sena who have been loggerheads during the election canvas have however joined hands and apparently the former has agreed to give the CM post to the latter. On the other hand, Shiv Sena, which is the second-largest party in the 288-member House with 56 MLAs after the BJP (105), has time till 7.30 pm on Monday to stake claim to form the government.
