{"id":316799,"date":"2019-11-16T04:34:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T04:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=316799"},"modified":"2019-11-16T04:34:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T04:34:44","slug":"maharashtra-sonia-gandhi-sharad-pawar-to-meet-on-sunday-to-discuss-govt-formation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/maharashtra-sonia-gandhi-sharad-pawar-to-meet-on-sunday-to-discuss-govt-formation\/","title":{"rendered":"Maharashtra: Sonia Gandhi, Sharad Pawar to meet on Sunday to discuss govt formation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316800 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sonia-sharad-pawar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"739\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/sonia-sharad-pawar.jpg 739w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/sonia-sharad-pawar-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/sonia-sharad-pawar-696x434.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/sonia-sharad-pawar-673x420.jpg 673w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/>Interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar will meet on November 17 to discuss further course of action on forming a coalition government with Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, sources said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">According to the sources, the three parties have agreed on a minimum agenda and will meet with Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Meanwhile, the first-ever Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance in Maharashtra appears to be taking definitive shape with Sharad Pawar on Friday announced that the three parties will form a government in the state, which will complete a full term.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He ruled out mid-term elections in the state and said a prospective government will complete five-year term and provide a development-oriented administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Earlier Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut reiterated that the government will be formed under the leadership of Shiv Sena and the next chief minister of Maharashtra will also be from Sena.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday imposed President\u2019s rule in Maharashtra after the Union Cabinet\u2019s recommendation amid uncertainty in the state over\u00a0government formation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">No political party has been able to form a government after the announcement of assembly poll results on October 24.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar will meet on November 17 to discuss further course of action on forming a coalition government with Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, sources said. 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