Maharashtra govt impasse: No common ground on 50-50 formula yet

However, BJP leader and senior minister in the outgoing govt Girish Mahajan said his party was not ready to discuss sharing of the Maharashtra CM's post

There were signs of a rapprochement between allies Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena in Maharashtra over the sharing of portfolios in the next government, but with both still struggling to agree to the question of rotational chief ministers.

The ongoing tussle between the two allies, ever since the Assembly election results were announced, has delayed the formation of a government — a Constitutional obligation that had to be fulfilled before November 9 when the term of the current Legislative Assembly ends.

After a meeting of BJP leaders called by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at his official residence in Mumbai, Maharashtra