Maharashtra will have a chief minister from the Shiv Sena, senior party leader Sanjay Raut said on Friday amid standoff with ally BJP over sharing the top post.

He said there have been no talks yet between the BJP and the Sena on government formation. The Maharashtra chief minister will be from the Shiv Sena, he asserted. "No ultimatum to the BJP (on government formation). They are big people," the Rajya Sabha MP said.