Sena Exits Government; NCP, Congress Meetings On Maharashtra | Read

The Shiv Sena's Arvind Sawant announced his resignation as minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government this morning, setting up the party's anticipated severing of ties with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) after a feud over government formation in Maharashtra. The Sena's decision to pull out its only minister in the central government meets a key condition of Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to discuss any alliance to form a government in Maharashtra. After weeks of turmoil, the state appeared to tilt towards a Shiv Sena-led government with the NCP calling a meeting of its MLAs and the Congress's top leadership meeting in Delhi.