24 October,2019 12:42 PM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
Sanjay Raut
As the counting for Maharashtra Assembly Elections is still underway, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday said his party and the BJP will form the next government in Maharashtra. He added, "We have agreed upon a 50-50 formula." With this, Raut ruled out the possibility of forming an alliance with opposition parties.
"The BJP and Shiv Sena will form government in Maharashtra," he told ANI. He added, "No, we
fought the polls in alliance with the BJP. We will go ahead with the tie-up. There will be no change in the pre-decided 50-50 formula."
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He also said that he was going to meet Uddhav Thackeray and they will hold talks with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on implementing the formula. When he was asked about fairing better than 2014 elections, he said that in a democracy, the opposition also needs to be strong. He noted that NCP chief Sharad Pawar "using his experience" and fanning parts of the state also gave some success to the opposition party. "But we are also winning seats in good number," the Rajya Sabha member added.
(with inputs from ANI)
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