TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/ Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday said that his party is working towards a common minimum programme with NCP and Congress in a bid to form a coalition government in Maharashtra. “Sharad Pawar and Congress want that we should form the government which should run on a common minimum programme (CMP).
There is a need for it today. We are working towards it,” Raut told reporters. “Had the governor given us more time, it would have been easy (to get the numbers). But we have been given little time. Those who have fewer seats should be given more time. But we don’t have any complaints. We respect the governor’s order,” he said.
Raut further said: “Congress, NCP, and other parties were saying that they do not want a BJP chief minister in Maharashtra. Now, it is time to do what they were saying. Shiv Sena has come forward. I hope that we all ready to give a stable government in Maharashtra.” NCP has 54 MLAs while its alliance partner Congress has 44. If Shiv Sena, which had 56 legislators, gets the support of NCP and Congress, it will easily cross the majority mark of 145 in 288-member Maharashtra Assembly.
