Uddhav Thackeray Meets Sharad Pawar At Midnight Over Government Formation in Maharashtra

Uddhav Thackeray Meets Sharad Pawar At Midnight Over Government Formation in Maharashtra

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and  Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray met NCP president Sharad Pawar in Mumbai late night on Thursday.

The over an hour-long meeting took place at Sharad Pawar's residence 'Silver Oak' in South Mumbai as the Shiv Sena continues its effort form government in Maharashtra with the support of the NCP and the Congress.

The Congress and the NCP on Thursday inched closer to form a government along with Shiv Sena in Maharashtra as they were thrashing out the nitty-gritty of power-sharing and finalising a common minimum programme to govern the politically-crucial State.

In a meeting, the Congress Working Committee, the party’s highest decision-making body, after a detailed deliberation on the political situation in Maharashtra, gave its approval to join hands with the Sena in the State.

After the meeting, which was chaired by party chief Sonia Gandhi, Congress sources said the finer details on the government formation in Maharashtra is expected by Friday.

On Wednesday, the Congress-NCP alliance gave its most categorical indication about joining hands with arch-rival Shiv Sena, with former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan expressing confidence of forming a ‘stable’ government soon in the state after a marathon meeting of senior leaders of the two parties here. Several top leaders of the two parties again met at NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s residence on Thursday afternoon to hammer out the common minimum programme of governance.

Congress leaders Ahmed Patel, Jairam Ramesh and Mallikarjun Kharge, and NCP leaders Praful Patel, Supriya Sule, Ajit Pawar, Jayant Patil and Nawab Malik were part of the meeting.

Sources said the three parties are likely to make a formal announcement on Friday to join hands to take a shot at power in the State.

The three parties are then likely to send separate letters to the Maharashtra governor mentioning their decision to come together to form a government, said a source.

Earlier, senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut exuded confidence that the two parties, along with the Congress, will arrive at a decision on government formation in a day or two. He also told reporters that there are no plans of any meeting between Sonia Gandhi and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray this week.

A senior NCP leader said that the government is likely to be formed before the first phase of the Jharkhand Assembly polls scheduled on November 30.

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