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NCP and Congress on Wednesday night formally announced their decision to join hands with the Shiv Sena to form a stable government in India’s financial capital. The trio will parade around 170 MLAs before governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari by the weekend to stake claim. Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray is the party’s chief ministerial choice. Sena is keen on a full term for him, with NCP still insisting on 2.5-year rotational CM. Soon after NCP-Congress announcement,Sena spokesman Sanjay Raut said ‘Maharashtra wants Uddhav Thackeray as CM’.
The newly elected MLAs belonging to the three parties have been asked to assemble in Mumbai with their identity cards and certificates of election issued by the Election Commission. The decision to form a ‘stable government’ in Maharashtra with Sena was announced after top AICC representatives led by Ahmed Patel and senior Maharashtra Congress leaders held discussions with NCP chief Sharad Pawar and his colleagues at his residence in New Delhi to give a final nod to the common minimum programme.
