<p>There have been no talks yet between RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on government formation in Maharashtra, Sena leader Sanjay Raut said on Thursday.</p>.<p>Talking to reporters here ahead of the meeting of Shiv Sena MLAs with Thackeray, Raut said legislators of his party and the opposition Congress and NCP "would not cross sides".</p>.<p>"There have been no talks yet between Bhagwat and Thackeray," the Rajya Sabha member said.</p>.<p>Asked if he represented views of his party amid the logjam over government formation in the state, Raut said, "I put forth views of Uddhav Thackeray."</p>.<p>The BJP and the Shiv Sena are engaged in a bitter tug-of-war over the latter's demand for equal distribution of portfolios and sharing the chief minister's post.</p>.<p>The BJP has rejected the Sena's demand for sharing the chief minister's post for two-and-a-half-years each.</p>.<p>The tenure of the present Assembly ends on November 9.</p>.<p>Sources from both the parties on Wednesday said back-channel talks were on between the two old but often-feuding Hindutva allies and a breakthrough was expected</p>
<p>There have been no talks yet between RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on government formation in Maharashtra, Sena leader Sanjay Raut said on Thursday.</p>.<p>Talking to reporters here ahead of the meeting of Shiv Sena MLAs with Thackeray, Raut said legislators of his party and the opposition Congress and NCP "would not cross sides".</p>.<p>"There have been no talks yet between Bhagwat and Thackeray," the Rajya Sabha member said.</p>.<p>Asked if he represented views of his party amid the logjam over government formation in the state, Raut said, "I put forth views of Uddhav Thackeray."</p>.<p>The BJP and the Shiv Sena are engaged in a bitter tug-of-war over the latter's demand for equal distribution of portfolios and sharing the chief minister's post.</p>.<p>The BJP has rejected the Sena's demand for sharing the chief minister's post for two-and-a-half-years each.</p>.<p>The tenure of the present Assembly ends on November 9.</p>.<p>Sources from both the parties on Wednesday said back-channel talks were on between the two old but often-feuding Hindutva allies and a breakthrough was expected</p>