<span style="color: #222222;">In Maharashtra, all the leading political parties are holding deliberations on government formation in the state. The Shiv Sena today asked the BJP to honour a 50:50 agreement made between Uddhav Thackeray and Union Minister Amit Shah earlier this year. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' AIR correspondent reports that the Shiv Sena today demanded written assurances from allies BJP as power-sharing talks between the two parties delay formation of a new government in Maharashtra. A meeting of the Sena's 56 MLAs at Matoshree, the residence of party chief Uddhav Thackeray, concluded with demands for a letter, on BJP letterhead and signed by senior leadership, that confirms the BJP will honour a 50:50 deal agreed between Mr Thackeray and Home Minister Amit Shah ahead of Lok Sabha polls earlier this year.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The party MLA told that it was the party's demand that both allies should get a chance to run the government for two and a half years each. Reacting on the same, Union Minister and senior party leader Raosaheb Danve has said that the BJP is not aware of any equal power-sharing deal being proposed by the Sena. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Danve informed that after Diwali, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will discuss the issue of formation of a government with Uddhav Thackeray. Meanwhile, Maharashtra BJP unit chief Chandrakant Patil today said that the state unit of BJP will convene a meeting of its newly-elected MLAs on October 30 to elect the leader of the House. The meeting will take place in Vidhan Bhavan Mumbai. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' On the other side, Balasaheb Thorat, President of Maharashtra Congress Committee met Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar in Baramati. NCP MP Supriya Sule and NCP MLA Rohit Pawar, senior NCP leader Praful Patel were also present. NCP chief Shard Pawar reiterated that his party will follow people's mandate and that the people have asked his party to sit in the opposition. </span><br />''