Amid deadlock with Sena, Maharashtra CM to head to Delhi to meet Shah – Times of India, The Times of India

MUMBAI: Amid an impasse on government formation inMaharashtradue to a tussle between allies BJP and Shiv Sena and unseasonal rains destroying crops, chief ministerDevendra Fadnaviswill head to Delhi on Monday to meet Union home ministerAmit Shah.
(The BJP won) seats in the assembly polls, results of which were declared on October 24, while the Sena got 56.
However, the two parties, which fought the polls in alliance, have got caught in a stalemate over the chief minister’s post, with the Sena demanding equal division of the top post’s tenure and the BJP rejecting it.
Sources, however, said the meeting with Shah will be to discuss aid from the National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF) to farmers affected by unseasonal rains across the state.
(While the state government announced a Rs 10, 000 crore package for affected farmers, ally Sena as well as opposition Congress and NCP called it inadequate considering the several lakh hectares of crops that have been damaged.
The state government had earlier put the crop area damaged at 54. 22 lakh hectares.
Incidentally, earlier in the day, the Sena’sRajya SabhaMPSanjay Rauthad raised the “mysterious silence” of Shah, who heads the BJP, on the deadlock over formation of government.
The term of the currentMaharashtra Legislative Assemblyends on November 9.