Two Shiv Sena leaders Anil Desai and Subhash Desai arrived in Delhi late last night to hold talks with the BJP leadership over the government formation in Maharashtra. Sources said, if all goes well, Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray may also visit national capital today or tomorrow to carry forward talks with BJP’s top leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari yesterday admitted that his party has begun discussion with Shiv Sena on the government formation.

Earlier, BJP had deferred the visit of Home Minister Rajnath Singh who was chosen as a central observer for election of the leader of BJP Legislature Party. Party sources said, Mr. Singh will go to Mumbai after Diwali.

Our correspondent reports that BJP leaders have kept all options open including taking outside support from NCP and also taking Independent MLA’s on board.
BJP had won 122 seats in the 288-member State Assembly, falling short of the majority mark by 23 seats. Sena has 63 seats while NCP has 41.