Father rejected then, son accepts now: Bal Thackeray, Uddhav and Pawar

Thackeray said he had called Sonia Gandhi and hoped for a ‘new beginning’ with this possible alliance.

Sonia calls Pawar, authorises 3 senior leaders to hold talks with NCP

Congress leaders Ahmed Patel, Kharge and K C Venugopal would be leaving for Mumbai for holding discussions with NCP chief.

Political fortunes swing from Shiv Sena to NCP on Monday as Maharashtra desperately tried to find a govt.

'We will sit again at 4 pm and will decide on the issue after a meeting with our state leaders,' Kharge said after CWC meeting.

The Congress chief said the SPG is an outstanding force and its members imbued with courage and patriotism in every task assigned to them.

The SPG cover for Rahul Gandhi was withdrawn and the CRPF took over the security at his residence 12, Tughlaq Lane.

In August, govt removed SPG cover given to former PM Manmohan Singh and downgraded his security to Z-plus category.

Saikia however refuted the allegation that he was non-committal on key issues during proceedings in the Assembly.

The BJP has rejected the Sena's demand for sharing the chief minister's post for 2.5 years each.

BJP won 105 seats and Sena bagged 56 in 288-member Assembly. The NCP has 54 seats while its alliance partner Congress has 44.