People suffering but Cong-NCP fighting over plum posts: BJP

New Delhi, Nov 2 (PTI) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Monday accused Congress party and Nationalist Congress Party
(NCP) of fighting over "plum" portfolios when people of
India's western state of Maharashtra were suffering due to
rising prices and power shortage, saying if a new government
is not formed by November 3, President's Rule could be imposed
in the state.
"If is most unfortunate that while people of the state
were suffering from spiralling prices and power shortage,
Congress and NCP have failed to form a new government due to
tussle over bagging plum portfolios," BJP spokesperson Prakash
Javadekar said Monday.
Asked whether BJP would press for imposition of
President's rule in the state if the stalemate continued, he
said "as per rules, if no government is formed till November
3, President's rule could be imposed.
Javadekar said the present political situation in
Maharashtra was contradictory to the set democratic norms.
"They have betrayed the people's mandate...they have ignored
democratic norms," he charged. PTI