Sharad Pawar informed the reporters that there was no discussion about common minimum programme (CMP) with Sonia Gandhi. The CMP was earlier drafted by the two parties in consultation with the Shiv Sena.
Maharashtra Government Formation: An hour after NCP chief Sharad Pawar met Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi at her residence, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut reached Pawar’s residence Monday evening. After concluding his meeting with Pawar, Raut told mediapersons that he is confident that there will soon be a government in Maharashtra. “The responsibility to form Govt was not ours, the ones who had that responsibility ran away, but I am confident that soon we will have a Govt in place,” Raut told ANI.
Amid talks of government formation in Maharashtra, NCP chief Sharad Pawar met Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi at her residence in New Delhi. The two leaders will take a final call on joining hands with the Shiv Sena. The state is under President’s rule since the falling out of a pre-poll alliance between Sena and the BJP.
Ahead of his meeting with the Congress president, Pawar said all the political parties seeking to stake claim in forming government in Maharashtra have to “choose their path.” “BJP-Shiv Sena fought together, we (the NCP) and the Congress fought together. They have to choose their path and we will do our politics,” he told reporters before the Winter Session of Parliament began.
Former allies BJP and Shiv Sena locked horns over the seat-sharing formula and the post of chief minister in Maharashtra following the results of the Assembly elections on October 24.
After concluding his meeting with Sharad Pawar, Sanjay Raut told mediapersons that he is confident that there will soon be a government in Maharashtra. "The responsibility to form Govt was not ours, the ones who had that responsibility ran away, but I am confident that soon we will have a Govt in place," Raut told ANI.
After a meeting that lasted for nearly 50 minutes with Congress president Sonia Gandhi at her 10, Janpath residence in New Delhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar Monday said his party will hold talks with their allies in Maharashtra on government formation. Pawar told reporters that he had only briefed Gandhi about the political situation in Maharashtra and there was no discussion on government formation in the state. “We have discussed in detail the political situation in Maharashtra,” he said. READ MORE
Moments after NCP chief Sharad Pawar addressed a media gathering at his residence after meeting Sonia Gandhi, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut reaches Pawar's residence. Pawar had earlier said that the Congress and NCP would hold further talks in the coming days on government formation in Maharashtra.
After meeting Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Sharad Pawar informed reporters that he did not discuss the common minimum program (CMP) with her. At NCP’s core committee meeting in Pune Sunday, party leader Nawab Malik said the CMP, which was drafted by the two parties in consultation with the Shiv Sena, would certainly be part of the discussion, but “we believe government formation and future roadmap will be the crux of their discussion”.
Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala tweets about the Sonia-Pawar meeting. "Sharad Pawar met the Congress President today and briefed her on the situation in Maharashtra. It was decided that in a day or two, representatives from NCP & Congress will meet in Delhi to discuss the way forward," he says.
After meeting Sonia Gandhi at her residence, Sharad Pawar addresses mediapersons. He says that he discussed government formation deadlock in Maharashtra.
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The meeting between Sonia Gandhi and Sharad Pawar is concluded. Pawar returns to his residence after meeting Gandhi at 10, Janpath.
Union Minister Ramdas Athawale speaks on government formation in Maharashtra: "I had talked to Sanjay Raut ji about a compromise. I suggested him a formula of 3 years (CM from BJP) and 2 years (CM from Shiv Sena) to which he said that if BJP agrees then Shiv Sena can think about it. I will discuss this with BJP, " he says.
In the meeting between two bigwigs, a decision on the tri-party alliance between NCP, Congress and Shiv Sena is expected to be made. Maharashtra is presently under President's rule. (Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)
The meeting between Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar and Congress acting President Sonia Gandhi is about to commence as the NCP chief has arrived at the latter's residence in New Delhi,
With the Assembly in suspended animation, it means the stakeholders — BJP, Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress — can approach the Governor any time with the required proof of support to prove majority on the floor of the House. The EC notification on the election will be treated as the new Assembly having been constituted. READ MORE
Ahead of his meeting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said all the political parties seeking to stake claim in forming government in Maharashtra have to "choose their path".
The Shiv Sena on Monday took a swipe at its one-time ally, the BJP, over the "paltry" financial assistance announced by Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to the farmers affected by unseasonal rains.
Koshyari had on Saturday granted relief of Rs 8,000 per hectare up to two hectares for agricultural Kharif crops and Rs 18,000 per hectare up to two hectares for horticulture/perennial crops.
In an editorial in the party mouthpiece "Saamana", the Sena said the BJP, which is in power at the Centre, left the affected farmers in the state "disappointed" with the "meagre" relief.
"Farmers in Maharashtra were expecting the governor would announce a major relief package for them. But the Rs 8,000 per hectare aid for kharif crops and Rs 12,000 for horticulture plantation is very less," the editorial said.
A day after the NCP core committee resolved to form an alternative government in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray has put off his November 24 visit to Ayodhya, a Sena leader said on Monday.
NCP president Sharad Pawar is expected to meet his Congress counterpart Sonia Gandhi in Delhi on Monday to discuss government formation.
In the wake of the supreme court judgment on the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri masjid land title dispute on November 9, Thackeray had announced he would visit the temple town in Uttar Pradesh on November 24.
"The government formation process is taking time. Leaders of the three parties (Sena, NCP and Congress) are holding meetings. They are inching towards government formation. In view of these developments, Uddhavji has decided to postpone his visit to Ayodhya," the Sena leader said. (PTI)
He also pointed out at the "security concerns" in Ayodhya. "Security agencies already denied permission to political parties planning to visit Ayodhya and the (Ram Janmabhoomi) site," the leader said.
THE BJP on Saturday directed its 59 losing candidates in the Assembly elections to return to their constituencies and prepare for the upcoming local bodies’ elections.
On the concluding day of the three-day meeting of party MLAs and leaders, former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis again reiterated that public mandate was in BJP’s favour and it would return to power.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on government formation in Maharashtra: "BJP-Shiv Sena fought together, we (NCP) and Congress fought together. They have to choose their path and we will do our politics."
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said Shiv Sena MPs would be allotted seats on the Opposition side in both houses of the Parliament. The Winter session of the Parliament begins from Monday.
Pralhad Joshi said the decision has been taken as the lone Sena minister had resigned and the party was “working out” alliance with the Congress and NCP to form government in Maharashtra.
NCP Chief Sharad Pawar arrives in Delhi, to hold a meeting with Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi at 4pm today.
NCP president Sharad Pawar and Congress president Sonia Gandhi will meet at 4pm today.
Maharashtra BJP Sunday said the presence of its leaders, especially former CM Devendra Fadnavis, at an event to mark the death anniversary of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray demonstrated that Hindutva still binds the two saffron parties.
Hitting out at the NCP and Congress which are trying to form a government in the state along with the Sena, the state BJP said that what the NCP-Congress was doing was political opportunism.
NCP leader Nawab Malik on Monday said that the issues coming in forming a government in Maharashtra will be eliminated and things will speed up once party chief Sharad Pawar and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi meet today.