NCP takes a jibe at BJP chief Amit Shah, says 'Chanakya defeated by Sharad Pawar'

Hitting out at BJP president Amit Shah's political abilities, NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik on Friday, stated that  NCP Supremo Shar Pawar h defeated Indian polity's Chanakya. he ded that Maharashtra did t bow to Delhi's power, hinting to Shiv Sena's stubbornness to t bend to BJP. final anuncement of NCP-Congress-Shiv Sena's alliance is to be done on Friday.

Nawab Malik targets Amit Shah

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Current scenario in Maharashtra:

Sources report that while Shiv Sena has been awarded a full-time CM post and several cabinet berths, NCP-Congress has insisted that Shiv Sena Supremo Uddhav Thackeray be me CM.  While NCP and Congress have kept a deputy CM each for itself along with several cabinet berths, sources reveal that Uddhav Thackeray is t keen on becoming CM and is likely to minate Arvind Sawant or Subhash Desai for post. While Common Minimum programme has been finalised by three parties'respective committees, a final anuncement of cabinet split and CM/deputy CM post is expected on Friday.

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Hectic parleys

While Sonia Gandhi greenlighted alliance on Wednesday, re has been a flurry of meetings held between NCP-Congress leers, Congress Maharashtra - CWC and NCP-Shiv Sena to nail down key details of alliance. Sources furr report that Congress h also turned down Shiv Sena's offer to name alliance ' Maha Shiv Aghi', choosing name 'Maha Vikas Aghi'. Meanwhile, Shiv Sena's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut has claimed 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.

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Current Maha Assembly numbers

Mahayuti alliance swept Maharashtra on October 24, winning a combined tally of 161 (BJP- 105, Sena -56). Meanwhile, Maha Aghi alliance (NCP-Congress) won  98 seats (NCP- 54, Congress- 44 ). halfway mark in 144 in 288 seat-Assembly.

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