<p>A rattled Congress which was accused of delaying formation of alternative government on Saturday said that it would fight it out politically and legally by democratic means.</p>.<p>"We will fight it out, politically and legally," Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi's aide Ahmed Patel told a news conference.</p>.<p>According to Patel, first Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari invited the BJP, then the Shiv Sena and finally the NCP but the Congress was totally ignored.</p>.<p>"We were not given a chance to stake claim," he said.</p>.<p>"The BJP has bypassed the democratic process," he said, adding that the swearing in was done in a shameless manner.</p>.<p>"The democracy is shattered," he said, adding that it was done in a clandestine manner.</p>.<p>"The incident will be written in black ink in Maharashtra's history," he said.</p>.<p>He also said that there was no delay on part of the Congress. "The moment we got a formal call from Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray we reached out to them," he said.</p>
<p>A rattled Congress which was accused of delaying formation of alternative government on Saturday said that it would fight it out politically and legally by democratic means.</p>.<p>"We will fight it out, politically and legally," Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi's aide Ahmed Patel told a news conference.</p>.<p>According to Patel, first Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari invited the BJP, then the Shiv Sena and finally the NCP but the Congress was totally ignored.</p>.<p>"We were not given a chance to stake claim," he said.</p>.<p>"The BJP has bypassed the democratic process," he said, adding that the swearing in was done in a shameless manner.</p>.<p>"The democracy is shattered," he said, adding that it was done in a clandestine manner.</p>.<p>"The incident will be written in black ink in Maharashtra's history," he said.</p>.<p>He also said that there was no delay on part of the Congress. "The moment we got a formal call from Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray we reached out to them," he said.</p>
