Sonia relents, sends top aides to meet Pawar amid NCP-Cong blamegame

Amid ongoing political crisis in Maharashtra, senior leaders of Congress have left from Delhi to meet NCP chief Sharad Pawar. Even as Congress core committee meeting was cancelled on Tuesday morning, and reports came in that senior leaders will t meet NCP leaders but interim chief Sonia Gandhi will speak to Pawar on phone. However, KC Venugopal took to Twitter to say that he along with Malikarjun Kharge, Ahmed Patel will be travelling to Delhi to meet Pawar over stalemate in Maharashtra. 

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This comes amid sources saying that NCP has agreed to give Chief Minister's post to Shiv Sena, but is waiting for Congress's decision on same. Minutes after NCP put onus on Congress to discuss future course of government formation in Maharashtra, Congress has w said that delay is from NCP's chief Sharad Pawar, as per sources. As deadline by goverr to NCP for government formation in Maharashtra nears,  Mahagadhi alliance partners have began blame game. 

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Maharashtra's political crisis

In a minute-by-minute changing dynamics of Maharashtra politics, Goverr of Maharashtra on Monday night invited third-largest party - NCP to form government after BJP and Shiv Sena failed to provide majority number. Congress leader KC Venugopal on Monday evening said that Congress is still discussing formation of a government with NCP and has to extended Outer support to Shiv Sena. This official declaration came even as Shiv Sena reached its deadline of 7.30 PM to form government in Maharashtra. NCP, on or hand, placed onus of decision-making on Congress, saying y will take decision only after Congress decides. After BJP on Sunday anunced that it won't form government, Goverr had invited second largest party - Shiv Sena to form government. Meanwhile, Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant also resigned from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet. 

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Maharashtra assembly elections 

stalemate in state is a result of  fallout of Mahayuti alliance partners- BJP and Shiv Sena over post of Chief Minister in state. While both blamed each or of betraying people's mandate, BJP made it clear to goverr that it would t form government as Sena does t wish to negotiate. In assembly polls, Mahayuti alliance partners won a total of 161 seats - BJP won 105 seats and Shiv Sena won 56 seats. Mahagadhi made a comeback bagging 98 seats - (NCP 54 seats and Congress 44 seats.)

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