Maharashtra govt formation in limbo as Sena, BJP refuse to back out

There were signs of widening trust deficit between the two allies, with the Sena worried that the BJP could poach its newly-elected legislators

It increasingly looked on Thursday evening that the Maharashtra Assembly could either be put under suspended animation and central rule. However, legal experts said Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari could appoint a caretaker chief minister.
 
Neither the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nor Shiv Sena, the two pre-poll allies with the numbers to form a government, were unwilling to back down from their stated positions as the clock ticks to Friday midnight deadline when the previous Assembly expires.
 
There were signs of widening trust deficit between the two allies, with the Sena worried that the BJP could poach its newly-elected