<span style="color: #222222;">Amid attacks and counter-attacks, the tussle between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena, the alliance partners in state is still on, with solution nowhere early to reach. The senior BJP leader and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has categorically denied yesterday that the Shiv Sena was ever assured the post of the CM for two and half years as part of the power sharing formula.</span><br />''<br />''Two senior ministers and party leaders Sudhir Mungantiwar and Chandrakant Patil have come out in support of Fadnavis, maintaining that no promise was made and that the BJP chief Amit Shah and his Sena counterpart Uddhav Thackeray will finalise the contours of the "50:50" formula. After Fadnavis' statement, the Shiv Sena has reportedly cancelled today's meeting with the BJP. Meanwhile, the newly elected MLAs of BJP will meet in Mumbai today to elect the Legislative Party leader. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and BJP national vice president Avinash Rai Khanna have been appointed central observers for today's meeting.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports that toeing Maharashtra Chief Minister's line over sharing of power in the next Maharashtra government, senior BJP leader and Revenue Minister of state Chandrakant Patil said that BJP chief Amit Shah and Sena President Uddhav Thackeray will finalise the modalities of the "50:50" formula. Whereas Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar went on to say that the mandate was for the 'Mahayuti' and that his party too can look at other options to form government in Maharashtra. Meanwhile, all eyes are set on today's crucial meeting of the BJP MLAs to elect the Legislative Party leader. If Chief Minister Fadnavis continues to be on the post, the picture about government formation in state is likely to get clearer. </span>