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Congress delegation meets senior NCP leaders at Sharad Pawar’s home in Delhi.
New Delhi/Mumbai:
The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have decided to continue their talks to decide the possibility of government formation with the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra. Both the parties will hold join meeting today also, senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan said. “We resolved many issues and Shiv Sena leadership was in touch with us through the phone. We will continue tomorrow when Congress and NCP will sit separately tomorrow and then will hold a joint meeting in the afternoon following which we will proceed to Mumbai in the evening. Day after tomorrow Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP will sit together by the end of which there will be the announcement,” Mr Chavan was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
The parties have maintained that they will provide a stable government in Maharashtra but indicated that the terms of engagement with the Shiv Sena still has to be worked out.
“There cannot be any government in Maharashtra without the Shiv Sena, NCP and the Congress. We are trying our best to resolve issues,” said NCP leader Nawab Malik, addressing the media along with Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan, who simply said the talks will continue.For the final round of talks, the Shiv Sena leadership will come to Delhi, the Congress said.
Sena’s Sanjay Raut, who has been the face of the party over the last weeks, later gave a rough time frame, saying the state could have a government after the negotiations are over in “two to five days”.
Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi had been reluctant to join hands with the Shiv Sena, which has for years targeted the party and maintains a pro-Hindutva stand.
Shiv Sena fell out with long-time ally BJP after the two won the Maharashtra election together.
Here are the LiVE UPDATES on developments over Maharashtra government formation:
“We have apprised the CWC members of the latest political situation in Maharashtra. Today, Congress-NCP discussion will continue. I think, tomorrow, we will probably have a decision in Mumbai,” Congress leader KC Venugopal was quoted as saying by news agency.
“The Congress Working Committee today discussed and decided what steps need to be taken ahead. We will now take steps as decided in the meeting,” says senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge.
Delhi: KC Venugopal, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Ahmed Patel, AK Antony and other Congress leaders arrive at Sonia Gandhi’s residence for Congress Working Committee meet.
(Photos: ANI) pic.twitter.com/kAHo7asfUV
– NDTV (@ndtv) November 21, 2019
Maharashtra Government Formation: Why Sonia Gandhi Has Kept Shiv Sena Waiting Despite Pressure From WithinJust when it seemed to be coming around to the idea of backing the Shiv Sena in forming government in Maharashtra despite their huge ideological mismatch, the Congress took a step back and said there was no decision yet. The Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party’s top decision-making body, has authorized party president Sonia Gandhi to take the final call.”
All eyes are now on Sonia Gandhi with Congress’s ally Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) of Sharad Pawar stressing that it will decide on whether and how to support the Sena only when the Congress arrives at its decision.
“Whatever decision is to be taken will be taken only after discussions with the Congress,” said Sharad Pawar, making it clear that the ball is in the court of the Congress. After a meeting of the NCP core group, a party leader repeated the statement.
The Congress Working Committee is meeting underway to discuss the possibility of government formation in Maharashtra. Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi had been reluctant to join hands with the Shiv Sena, which has for years targeted the party and maintains a pro-Hindutva stand.
An urgent meeting of Congress Working Committee will be held today, Thursday the 21st November, 2019 at 9.15 am at 10, Janpath, New Delhi. @INCIndia
– K C Venugopal (@kcvenugopalmp) November 21, 2019
The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have decided to continue their talks to decide the possibility of government formation with the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra. Both the parties will hold join meeting today also, senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan said.
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