Congress meeting underway, Satav says decision on Maharashtra Government expected

Congress leader Rajeev Satav, on Saturday, said that a decision on government formation in Maharashtra will be taken after Saturday meeting of Congress party. Satav, while speaking to media about the issue, said, "Leaders from Congress, Shiv Sena, and NCP had a meeting and discussion in Maharashtra. Party state president will meet Mallikarjun Kharge and will give a briefing and discuss the future strategy. After the meeting, it will be decided about the formation of the government.”

Congress leaders' meeting underway

Further, it was also said that a meeting of Congress General Secretaries, Secretaries, State Presidents, and Legislative Party leaders is underway. Meanwhile, Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, who also registered his presence for the meeting, said, "The economy has gone down as GDP has come down to around 4 per cent. People don't have money and they are closing industries. People don't have jobs. Banks don't have money as well." 

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Congress, NCP, and Shiv Sena are having talks for the formation of a non-BJP government in the State where the President's rule was imposed earlier this week. The talks were held after it was established that the Shiv Sena and the BJP, who had fought the polls together, could not form the government due to differences over power-sharing. However, due to Congress not being able to reach a decision about entering into an alliance with NCP and Shiv Sena, no conclusion about the government formation could be reached by the parties. This has been causing a lot of political drama in Maharashtra.

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Recently, amidst the ongoing political scenario in the State, Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, on Monday, recommended a President rule to be implemented in the state which later came into force after the President’s nod. On a related note, during the Maharashtra elections, the BJP emerged as the single-largest party in the State with 105 seats in 288-member assembly followed by Shiv Sena 56, NCP 54 and Congress 44. 

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(With ANI inputs)