More than a week after the Assembly election results, the Shiv Sena has maintained that it would not step down from the demand for equitable distribution of power, including the CM's position. The party re-elected Eknath Shinde as its leader of legislative party on Thursday and the group headed straight to Raj Bhavan to seek the governor's intervention in seeking assistance for distressed farmers. Sena insiders said party chief Uddhav Thackeray told them that no formal offer had come through from the BJP about making of the government and the share the Sena's going to get.

"Rumours are making rounds. Don't trust anything that is said. I'm telling you that we haven't received any proposal from the BJP," Thackeray is reported to have told the meeting. He was speaking of the BJP camp's information that the Sena has been offered 16 ministerial berths including the deputy CM's position and asked to revert in two days. A Sena MLA said, "Uddhavji said that the talks between the parties were stalled because of the CM's denial of the agreement that Sena and BJP had reached in February. He said he didn't treat the ally as an enemy. I want BJP to implement what has been decided between me and Amit Shah. However, I'm confident that things will fall in place very soon and we will able to give a stable government."