Pressure mounts on Uddhav ahead of key Friday meet with Shiv Sena MLAs

chessboard of Maharashtra politics cant be messier. tide seems to be turning faster than Uddhav Thackeray would have anticipated in Shiv Sena's efforts to have its Chief Minister on chair. Sources within Shiv Sena indicate that party is facing cracks on its previous consensus of a hardball game in Maharashtra by sticking to its demand of CM with ex-ally BJP. As delock prolongs for nearly a month since results of Assembly polls were out, exhaustion has me elected MLAs get lighter.

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Uddhav Thackeray is scheduled to meet all Shiv Sena MLAs on Friday. He will dress meeting which is expected to deliberate on future course of action in backdrop of three main n-BJP parties making efforts to form government in Maharashtra, which is currently under President's rule. Sources in Sena say re is a rising chorus among MLAs wanting to go with BJP while some are open for an alternative Sena-Congress-NCP alliance. Uddhav hence will possibly find himself leing a meeting with a split opinion.

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Shar Pawar keeps Sena guessing

pressure seems to be ding on Sena chief after NCP supremo Shar Pawar at a press conference on Monday kept everyone guessing on wher NCP-Congress will parley with Sena. bucking on question is also seen from Congress who's interim president Sonia Gandhi met Pawar on same day. Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut has been repeatedly claiming Sena and UPA allies coming toger for "benefit of Maharashtra''. Pawar's latest comments put a question on that rhetoric.

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Maha tussle for power

Since ne of major political parties could garner eugh numbers for government formation, President's Rule was imposed in Maharashtra on vember 12. Hectic parlays have been going on in NCP, Shiv Sena, and Congress camps to forge a post-poll alliance in state. Sources also indicated that a formula has been worked out whereby Sena would get CM’s post for 5 years. However, all three parties would have ministers proportionate to ir strength in Maharashtra assembly. As per sources, Sena, NCP, and Congress could get 16, 14 and 12 ministries respectively.

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