Mumbai (Maharashtra): Amid the impasse over formation of new government in Maharashtra, senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said that his party will talk to the BJP only on the issue of the chief minister's post.
The BJP and Shiv Sena, which contested the October 21st state elections together, have been locked in a bitter tussle over sharing of the chief minister's post and are yet to start formal talks over government formation.
"The impasse continues. There is no discussion on government formation as yet. If talks happen, it will only beon the issue of the chief minister's post," Raut told media here.
The Rajya Sabha member further said that Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray was in Aurangabad on Sunday to take stock of the crop losses in that district due to unseasonal rains last month.
Earlier, in his weekly column in Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana', Raut likened the impasse over government formation to a "chariot stuck in the mud of arrogance".
He dared the BJP to impose President's rule in the state, saying such a step would be the party's "biggest defeat of the century".
