Amid hectic political parleys and high drama, Shiv Sena exited its longstanding alliance with BJP on Monday but suffered a body blow when its attempt to cobble together a government of Maha Shiv Aghadi-—comprising Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress—flopped as it could not produce support letters by the 7.30pm deadline and governor B S Koshyari refused more time.
Amid hectic political parleys and high drama, Shiv Sena exited its longstanding alliance with BJP on Monday but suffered a body blow when its attempt to cobble together a government of Maha Shiv Aghadi-—comprising Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress—flopped as it could not produce support letters by the 7.30pm deadline and governor B S Koshyari refused more time.