Updated November 1st, 2019 at 17:07 IST
NCP's Nawab Malik: Will seek ways to form Maha govt if BJP-Sena fail
NCP leader Nawab Malik has said that the Nationalist Congress Party would find ways to form a government in Maharashtra if the BJP-Sena alliance falls through.
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As the speculation over who will be the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra continues, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik on Friday said that Shiv Sena and the Bhartiya Janta Party should respect the decision of the people, and form the government in the state and also prove their majority in the house.
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Speaking to a news agency he also said "we will certainly try to form the government" if the saffron alliance of the BJP and Shiv Sena fails to prove majority
NCP leader Nawab Malik: BJP-Shiv-Sena have got people's mandate to form a stable govt in Maharashtra. We want them to form govt and prove majority on the floor of the House. If they are not able to prove majority, then, we will certainly try to form government. #Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/wIBsBCJGfE
— ANI (@ANI)
Amid the speculations, senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut had said on Thursday that the alliance in Maharashtra will function smoothly if promises made to Shiv Sena are kept. "People will talk about BJP-Shiv Sena, we don’t care about it but yes we still expect what BJP had promised us before the elections, they will have to fulfill it. We will write down the fortune of Maharashtra. If everything goes according to the words promised to Shiv Sena, then the alliance in Maharashtra will function smoothly. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray during a press meet, had clearly said that what we are demanding for should be given in to us in writing," he said.
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Maharashtra poll result
When the poll result was announced on October 24, the saffron alliance swept Maharashtra, winning a combined tally of 161 (BJP- 105, Sena -56). The 'Maha-Agadhi' alliance (NCP-Congress) also made a comeback with the NCP bagging 54 seats while the languishing Congress bagged 44 seats. Though the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance will form the next government, it was handed a diminished mandate compared to 2014 where it won 185 seats.
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(With agency inputs)
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Published November 1st, 2019 at 16:21 IST