Mumbai: Sanjay Nirupam, leader of the Congress, cautioned his party and the NCP against allying with the Shiv Sena to form the Maharashtra government. Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari extend an invitation to the Congress-NCP alliance to form the government given the BJP and the Sena have been unable to agree a power-sharing deal.

"In the current political arithmetic in Maharashtra, it is just impossible for Congress-NCP to form any government. For that we need Shiv Sena. And we must not think of sharing power with Shiv Sena under any circumstances. That will be a disastrous move for the party," Mr Nirupam said on Sunday.