Top 20 political stories: BJP fails to prove majority in Maharashtra

Chandrakant Patil, Maharashtra BJP President, held a press conference and said that the mandate was given to BJP and Shiv Sena coalition in order to work together. "But if Shiv Sena wants to disrespect it and form govt with Congress-NCP then all our best wishes are with them," he added. Chandrakant Patil had met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and after that he declared that Bharatiya Janata Party will not form government in the state.