Maharashtra Government formation Live Updates| ‘Together in this fight’: Sharad Pawar backs Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray

'His decision is against the party line', said Sharad Pawar. He said no NCP worker is in favour of a NCP-BJP government.

Sharad Pawar tells the media that these three parties had agreed to form the government in Maharashtra.

Uddhav Thackeray, Sharad Pawar and Sanjay Raut arrive for joint press conference.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to address the media at party's state office in Mumbai at 2.30 pm

Sanjay Raut, Upper House MP from the Shiv Sena tweets Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray's quote and says he's unafraid.

आम्ही बिनधास्त आहोत pic.twitter.com/cB4QNSRRzg

— Sanjay Raut (@rautsanjay61) November 23, 2019

Sule had reached the YB Chavan Centre for the joint press conference earlier. The Sena top brass have arrived to speak to the media.

Congress' Sanjay Nirupam quoted a meeting with former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi wherein the latter had said 'Power is poison'. He used it as an analogy to tell the media that in the case of Maharashtra 'Pawar is poison'

Congress' Sanjay Nirupam said that the entire development has saddened him contrary to what people might think. He further added that the mandate for the Congress was to sit in Opposition and the idea of allying with the Sena was a mistake.

Digvijaya Singh of the Congress lashed out at the Maharashtra CM Fadnavis saying that it will be hard for the CM to explain to his supporters that how he sided with Ajit Pawar who he campaigned against so furiously before the elections.

Supriya Sule of the NCP, posted a WhatsApp status, where she wrote, "Who do u trust in life..never felt so cheated in my life...Defended him loved him...look what I get in return."

NCP chief Sharad Pawar has reached the YB Chavan auditorium. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and Pawar will later hold a joint press conference.

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala tweeted a screenshot of a tweet by Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis where the latter had said 'BJP will never, never, never have any alliance with the BJP...'

सत्ता की हवस सिद्धांत व भ्रष्टाचार धो देती है। pic.twitter.com/WOauooaxfU

— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) November 23, 2019

Nawab Malik of the NCP has said that the newly formed government is deceitful and will not survive the floor test in Maharashtra.

Nawab Malik,NCP:Ye dhoke se banayi gayi sarkar hai aur ye vidhan sabha ke floor pe haaregi, saare vidhayak hamare saath hain. #Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/TISmQENzTo

— ANI (@ANI) November 23, 2019

The Congress press conference which was scheduled to be held today at 11:30 was cancelled few minutes ago.

A BJP leader has claimed that things turned around after the '45-minute long meeting' between PM Narendra Modi and NCP chief Sharad Pawar.