Following weeks of bitter political drama, the Sena is currently in the process of forming a non-BJP government
On Patil's remark, Malik questioned why the BJP did not form a government earlier if it had the numbers as claimed by its Maharashtra unit chief.
The former CM put forward the demands when he called on Koshyari at Raj Bhavan in the morning.
The Sena alleged that protocol was not followed when it went to the Raj Bhawan to seek more time to stake claim for government formation
Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday changed his Twitter bio to 'Maharashtra's Sevak'
The President signed the notification following the recommendation of the Union Cabinet which acted on the report from the state Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Jayant Patil said the party would discuss the issue with its ally, the Congress, and get back to the governor by or before 8.30 pm on Tuesday
Khattar and Chautala will take oath of office on Sunday afternoon while in Maharashtra fight for CM's position continues between BJP and Sena
The BJP and Shiv Sena negotiations are now somewhat reminiscent of their post-election government formation negotiations in 2014
Fadnavis and Thackeray traded charges over power-sharing arrangement at their respective news conferences shortly after the BJP leader drove to Raj Bhavan and handed over his resignation to Governor
Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Saturday evening asked the BJP, the single largest party in the new Assembly, to 'indicate the willingness and ability' to form government
Sanjay Raut in a tweet said, 'Jo khandaani raees hain wo mizaj rakhte hain narm apna, tumhara lehja bataa rahaa hai, tumhari daulat nayi nayi hai'
As no party had come forward to form the government, the governor decided to explore the possibility of formation of government on Saturday
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
Fadnavis blamed ally Shiv Sena for the impasse over government formation after the Assembly polls
There has been no headway in government formation even a fortnight after Assembly poll results were announced on October 24.
Sena said the BJP should approach the Uddhav Thackeray-led party only if it agrees to share the chief minister's post with it
Fadnavis also directed various measures for farm laborers including food securityFadnavis also directed various measures for farm laborers including food security
The 29-year-old Thackeray won from Mumbai's Worli assembly constituency, beating Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Suresh Mane by a margin of over 67,000 votes
Earlier in the day, senior state BJP leader and finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar had said that "good news" about government formation may come at any moment.