Will work to form BJP govt, says Rane; mocks Sena for getting

BJP leader and former Maharashtra chief minister Narayan Rane on Tuesday said he would do "whatever" to ensure his party forms a government in the state.

Rane, a Rajya Sabha MP, was a former Shiv Sena CM who then quit the saffron party to join the Congress before floating his own outfit and then joining the BJP.

"I will do whatever it takes to form a new BJP government, but I will not discuss (modalities) how," he told reporters here.

He said the Shiv Sena had been "unsuccessful" in government formation as yet, and went on to claim "I don't think the Shiv Sena will go with the Congress-NCP alliance".

President's Rule was imposed in the state on Tuesday after an impasse on government formation could not be resolved.

The BJP, with 105 seats, stepped back from staking claim to form a government, while the Sena, which went to the governor on Monday evening, could not get letters of support from the Congress and NCP.

The two opposition parties, after deliberations in Mumbai .