<span style="color: #222222;">Senior leaders of the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are expected to meet today in New Delhi to discuss on the issues on forming the government in Maharashtra with the Shivsena.<br />''<br />''Earlier, Sonia Gandhi met senior party leaders Ahmed Patel, Mallikarjun Kharge, AK Antony and KC Venugopal yesterday to discuss the political situation in Maharashtra and the way forward for the party on government formation in Maharashtra.<br />''<br />''Maharashtra was placed under the President's rule on 12th November after no party or alliance staked claim to form the government in the state. A day after the President's rule was imposed, the Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP leaders held hectic parleys to work out a Common Minimum Programme for Government formation.<br />''<br />''AIR  Correspondent reports that amidst the NCP and Congress deliberation on government formation today, the Shivsena has once again asserted that they will form the government in Maharashtra before the end of this month.<br />''<br />''Shivsena MP Sanjay Raut today claimed that all the obstructions which were there in last 10-15 days regarding the government formation in Maharashtra are not there anymore and the picture will be clear by tomorrow afternoon. He also stated that the process to form the government will be completed in next 5-6 days and a popular and strong government will be formed in Maharashtra before December.<br />''<br />''Sanjay Raut has maintained that Shivsena has the support of 170 MLAs in the 288-member Maharashtra assembly where a party needs 145 MLAs to stake claim to form the government.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, Sharad Pawar-led alliance has not clearly said anything about the alliance with Shivsena.<br />''<br />''After holding talks with Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Monday, Pawar has said that any decision on government formation will have to be discussed with other allies.</span><br />