11-03-2009, 07:02 AM
<b>Congress-NCP deadlock continues, governor looks at legal options</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->With the warring partners, Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), failing to reach a power-sharing agreement in Maharashtra, Governor SC Jamir has started consulting legal experts on the steps that could to be taken in case the stalemate continued.
The two parties have strong differences over sharing of key portfolios, because of which the government has not been formed even though the Congress-NCP combine won 144 out of 288 seats in the October 13 Assembly polls.
Election results were declared 10 days ago.<b> The Opposition Shiv Sena-BJP has demanded that the governor should impose Presidentâs rule in the state by suspending the assembly</b>. Raj Bhavan sources said Jamir has begun consulting legal experts.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The two parties have strong differences over sharing of key portfolios, because of which the government has not been formed even though the Congress-NCP combine won 144 out of 288 seats in the October 13 Assembly polls.
Election results were declared 10 days ago.<b> The Opposition Shiv Sena-BJP has demanded that the governor should impose Presidentâs rule in the state by suspending the assembly</b>. Raj Bhavan sources said Jamir has begun consulting legal experts.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->