According to party leaders, Uddhav Thackeray will take oath as Chief Minister on Wednesday
The mentor-protege equation of uncles with their nephews has slipped into unpleasant territory in the struggle for power in not just the NCP but also the Shiv Sena and the BJP
Reiterating the Shiv Sena's demand for sharing the chief minister's post, Raut said the state's CM will be from the Uddhav Thackeray-led party only
Gadkari said BJP-Shiv Sena should come together to form the government for the sake of welfare of the people
After the meeting of the Sena MLAs at Thackeray's residence 'Matoshree', all the legislators went to Rangsharda Hotel, close to the party chief's home in suburban Bandra
With its ideology based on resentment having run its course, the party must figure out a new pathway to relevance
At the event, Singh paid tributes to former servicemen and their families in Lucknow, and said the country is proud of them.
He added that the "khichdi" (hotchpotch) being cooked (by the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress) was against the people's mandate.
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
Maharashtra government formation LIVE updates: Shiv Sena, NCP, Congress alliance - likely to be christened 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' -may be formally announced today
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
Sources said the three parties are likely to make a formal announcement on Friday to join hands to take a shot at power in the state
For the Speaker's post, the Nationalist Congress Party is not willing it to give to Congress but the Congress wants it for former CM Prithviraj Chavan.
Maharashtra government formation LIVE updates: NCP and Shiv Sena leaders said that the political impasse in the state would end today.
NCP president Sharad Pawar is expected to meet his Congress counterpart Sonia Gandhi in Delhi on Monday to discuss government formation
Pawar likely to meet Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Monday or Tuesday on govt formation