Congress-NCP leaders to meet in Mumbai

Senior Congress leaders will meet the NCP leaders in Mumbai on Wednsday to take forward the discussions regarding government formation in Maharashtra with the Shiv Sena.

NCP President Sharad Pawar had a meeting with Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday met senior leaders Ahmed Patel, Mallikarjun Kharge, A K Antony and K C Venugopal to discuss the political situation in Maharashtra and the way forward for the party on government formation.

Meanwhile, the Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thakery will address a meeting of all the MLAs and senior leaders on Wednesday. Earlier Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut claimed that a new government will be in place in the state by the first week of December.