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Mumbai: The stalemate over portfolios between the Congress and the NCP continues to delay the process of government formation in Maharashtra, more than 10 days after the ruling coalition stormed back to power.
Congress sources said the party leadership is firm that it should get the home department while the Sharad Pawar-led party is unwilling to part with the key ministry.
Apart from home, the Congress also wants power, finance or rural development. Earlier, the Congress wanted the NCP to give up all the four key portfolios but later decided that it should get at least two.
The Congress is also eyeing the Assembly Speaker’s post. The party has also ruled out sticking to the 1999 formula of equal sharing of portfolios.
“The formula is not sacrosanct. The NCP itself deviated from it in 2004 and now the situation has changed. The Congress will be the bigger partner,” a senior Congress leader said.
The ruling combine has time till Tuesday — when the term of the outgoing Assembly expires —for the new government to be sworn-in.
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