The Governor recommended the President's Rule in Maharshtra after the NCP which held key to forming the new government on association with the Congress and Shiv Sena, asked the Raj Bhavan for more time to cobble up numbers.

On Monday, the Sena couldn't produce numbers last evening before the governor because the two Congress failed to give it a letter of support. The Raj Bhavan had invited the NCP to form the government after turning down Sena's request for extending time for submitting its list of MLAs. The parties have been trying to avoid enforcement of the President's Rule.