Top leaders of the Shiv Sena, the Congress and the NCP began a meeting here on Friday to give shape to new government to be led by the Uddhav Thackeray- headed party in Maharashtra, nearly a month after assembly poll results were announced.
Eknath Shinde, Subhash Desai, Sanjay Raut (all Shiv Sena), Ahmed Patel, Mallikarjun Kharge, K C Venugopal, Avinash Pande, Balasaheb Thorat, Prithviraj Chavan (Congress), Praful Patel, Jayant Patil and Ajit Pawar (NCP) are taking part in the meeting.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray are also attending the deliberations at Nehru Centre in South Mumbai aimed at giving momentum to install a non-BJP government in the country's richest state, which is under President's rule.
Kharge, while leaving for the meeting from suburban Bandra, told reporters that a decision on when to stake claim to form government will be decided after the meeting.
Sources said deliberations will focus on finalising a common minimum programme (CMP) and power-sharing between the three parties in the new government.
Inching closer to form government along with the Sena, the Congress and the NCP held talks with their pre-poll allies
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