Reportedly with the current term of the 288-member maharashtra assembly ending on 8 november and the nda allies shiv sena and bjp still struggling to see eye to eye on government formation, the state might face a constitutional crisis if the next dispensation is not sworn-in on or before 7 November.
When declaring that the state might head for President's Rule if the new government is not in place by 7 november, state finance minister and bjp leader Sudhir Mungantiwar on friday said, "A new government will have to be in place within the stipulated time, or else the President will have to intervene. Furthermore President's Rule will be imposed if the government formation doesn't happen in the given time." Perhaps his comments came following a period of lull and no headway in government formation eight days after results of the assembly elections were declared on 21 October.
Moreover according to a legislature secretariat official, if no party comes forward to stake claim to form the government, then the spotlight will be on governor bhagat singh koshyari, who will have to invite the leader of the single largest party. Apparently if a government still isn't formed, then Koshyari will have to call on the leader of the second largest party. When dismissing the Sena's demands, the saffron party insisted that chief minister devendra fadnavis will continue to hold the post for the next five years.
