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.
Shiv Sena is in talks with the Congress and the NCP to form a non-BJP government in Maharashtra.
We learned from Jaitley the importance of relations and how to maintain them, said Sanjay Raut
NCP president Sharad Pawar is expected to meet his Congress counterpart Sonia Gandhi in Delhi on Monday to discuss government formation
Various NDA allies, including newly appointed LJP president Chirag Paswan, desired to have a convener or coordination committee to sort out differences