<p class="title">Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said he extends his "best wishes" to Devendra Fadnavis if the BJP leader was confident of forming the government in Maharashtra.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chief Minister Fadnavis handed over his resignation to the governor on Friday afternoon after the deadlock over government formation in the state could not be broken even a fortnight after the Assembly poll results were out.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Talking to the media after Fadnavis's press conference where the BJP leader squarely blamed the Sena for failure to reach a new power-sharing agreement, Raut said Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray will make his party's position clear soon.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"If the chief minister says there will be a BJP government again under his leadership, my best wishes to them. In a democracy, those who have majority form the government and get the chief minister's post," Raut said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I also say, on behalf of my party, that we can form a government if we want and there can be a Shiv Sena chief minister," Raut told reporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also dismissed Fadnavis's allegation that the Shiv Sena leaders unfairly criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There has been no headway in government formation in the state even a fortnight after Assembly poll results were announced on October 24.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The BJP and Shiv Sena are locked in a tussle over the chief minister's post, resulting in a stalemate despite the poll results giving the saffron alliance a combined seat strength of 161, way past the 145 majority mark in the 288- member House.</p>
<p class="title">Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said he extends his "best wishes" to Devendra Fadnavis if the BJP leader was confident of forming the government in Maharashtra.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chief Minister Fadnavis handed over his resignation to the governor on Friday afternoon after the deadlock over government formation in the state could not be broken even a fortnight after the Assembly poll results were out.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Talking to the media after Fadnavis's press conference where the BJP leader squarely blamed the Sena for failure to reach a new power-sharing agreement, Raut said Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray will make his party's position clear soon.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"If the chief minister says there will be a BJP government again under his leadership, my best wishes to them. In a democracy, those who have majority form the government and get the chief minister's post," Raut said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I also say, on behalf of my party, that we can form a government if we want and there can be a Shiv Sena chief minister," Raut told reporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also dismissed Fadnavis's allegation that the Shiv Sena leaders unfairly criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There has been no headway in government formation in the state even a fortnight after Assembly poll results were announced on October 24.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The BJP and Shiv Sena are locked in a tussle over the chief minister's post, resulting in a stalemate despite the poll results giving the saffron alliance a combined seat strength of 161, way past the 145 majority mark in the 288- member House.</p>