Congress to convene Legislature Party meeting in Mumbai on November 22

Amidst ongoing talks for  government formation in Maharashtra, Congress party, as per sources, summoned all its MLAs for a legislative party meeting at 4 pm on Thursday, vember 21. meeting will be conducted by select group leers and all MLAs are ordered to attend meeting in Mumbai. This comes after a marathon of meetings between parties to decide upon alliance and a common minimum program.  

'Maha Vikas Aghi'

This comes after sources revealed likely name of Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance. According to information provided by sources, Sena's suggested name for alliance was 'Maha Shiv Aghi'. However, likely name of alliance would be 'Maha Vikas Aghi', similar to Maha Aghi (NCP-Congress) alliance. Sources also report that final anuncement will be me by alliance on vember 22, regarding alliance and terms. 

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Maha govt by December?

Earlier in day, sources reported that all three parties along with Independent MLAs supporting m (total - 170 MLAs) will stake claim to form next Maharashtra government in first week of December. Moreover, sources report that Shiv Sena has been given CM post for full term, with two deputy CMs - one from NCP, one from Congress. se developments happened after marathon meetings between NCP-Congress, in which Sonia Gandhi greenlighted alliance after meeting with NCP Supremo.

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ministerial formula of alliance

Sources have revealed  ministry allotment procedure among new alliance between three parties. It is said that Shiv Sena which has 56 MLAs and NCP with 54 MLAs will get 14 ministries each while Congress with 44 MLAs will get 11. Sources also reported that senior Congress leer Ashok Chavan is like to be me Deputy Chief Minister. 

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Ideology Compromise?

As per sources, Congress and NCP are likely to impose conditions on Shiv Sena over its Hindutva nda, allegedly on issues such as Ram temple in Ayodhya and demand for bestowing Bharat Ratna on Veer Savarkar. Sonia Gandhi has also allegedly turned down NCP's demand for rotational CM, while Sena is insisting that Uddhav Thackeray be me CM for full term. Shiv Sena leer Sanjay Raut dressed a press briefing on Thursday morning and said that  Congress, NCP, and Shiv Sena will soon reach a conclusion and a government will be formed in State under leership of  Shiv Sena. 

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