The bench asked Solicitor General Mehta to produce letters of the Governor tomorrow at 10.30 am for passing orders
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Now, irrespective of who supports whom, only a floor test in the Assembly will decide if this government can continue or not
The development, Athawale said, is a "big setback and a lesson" for the Shiv Sena which was unwilling to form government with the BJP.
BJP's Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday took oath as Maharashtra chief minister, while Ajit Pawar as his deputy.
Pawar was addressing a joint press conference with Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai
The month-long political impasse ended dramatically with Devendra Fadnavis returning as the chief minister again, backed by the Sharad Pawar-led NCP
He said instead of taking so much interest in covering who is forming the next government in Maharashtra, the media should focus on farmers' issues
People in the know said the three parties would hold a joint press conference on Saturday
Pawar and Thackeray were also part of the three-party deliberations at Nehru Centre
Pawar's announcement capped a day of hectic meetings between the Congress, NCP and their pre-poll allies and a combined meeting of the three parties later in the day
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The Sena's Naresh Mhaske and Pallavi Kadam were elected mayor and deputy mayor respectively of Thane Municipal Corporation.
NCP, Congress and Shiv Sena are holding hectic deliberations and talks and are inching closer towards government formation in Maharashtra
Sena MLA Bhaskar Jadhav told PTI that the meeting was convened to apprise the legislators of the government formation process and meetings of Congress-NCP leaders in Delhi
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However, Congress sources said the issue of chief minister's post was not discussed in Wednesday's meeting
The Sena is set to have a meeting with its legislators in Mumbai on Friday. Congress leaders separately met Sena's Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut
Raut is the leader of Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party in the Rajya Sabha and his seating position has been changed from the 3rd to the 5th row
He said the picture of the government formation in the state will become clear in the next two days.