Congress leader Ashok Chavan on Wednesday said any decision regarding supporting a Shiv Sena-led government in Maharashtra will have to be taken jointly by his party and its ally NCP. Talking to reporters here, the former Maharashtra Chief Minister said unless the Congress and the NCP jointly agree on an alternative, there will be no forward movement on the issue.

No party has got a majority in the October 21 assembly polls and that is why the Congress feels the BJP shouldn't be in power, Chavan said. "The state has suffered a lot in the last five years. Farmers are in crisis...the economic situation is not good," added the newly-elected MLA from Bhokar in Nanded district.