Maharashtra Crisis : Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil Says Party Will Not Form Government, Slams Shiv Sena

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In another twist to the Maharashtra government crisis, the Bharatiya Janata Party have announced that it would not form government in Maharashtra in view of the ally Shiv Sena’s stand to not join them in the efforts.

Announcing the BJP’s decision, Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil in a report by PTI, has accused the Uddhav Thackeray-led party, which is adamant on its demand for a rotational chief ministership, of “disrespecting” the popular mandate secured by the BJP and the Sena in recent assembly polls.

“The mandate of the people of Maharashtra was for the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance. The Sena has, however, disrespected the mandate, hence we have decided to not stake claim to form government. We have informed our decision to governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari,” Patil told reporters outside Raj Bhavan.

He wished “good luck” to the Sena if it wanted to form the government with the help of opposition Congress and NCP.

Meanwhile the Sena stuck to its CM demand, In a ANI report, senior leader Sanjay Raut said : “Party chief Uddhav Thackeray ji clearly said today that Chief Minister will be from Shiv Sena. If Uddhav ji has said so, then it means that there will be CM from Shiv Sena, at any cost”

The BJP and the Sena had together won 161 seats in the 288-member House, way above the halfway mark of 145.

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