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Uddhav Thackeray’s challenge: To prove majority to form the government

As Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari invited the Shiv Sena, the second-largest party, to indicate its willingness and ability to form the government in the state, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar spoke to each other on the phone, a senior party leader said. Thackeray along with Aaditya Thackeray, Eknath Shinde, Sanjay Raut and other senior party functionaries were in a huddle till late on Sunday night to chalk out the course of action. Senior Sena leader Sanjay Raut is expected to meet Pawar on Monday morning and later he could also go to New Delhi to meet senior Congress leaders, party insiders said. Raut met Sena chief met Thackeray after the BJP declined the governor’s invitation to form the government, and asserted that someone from his party will become the chief minister in Maharashtra.

Hindustan Times

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