Sanjay Raut said, "We believe in the alliance (with BJP) as we contested the polls jointly. But the BJP should not compel us to commit the sin of looking for an alternative for government formation." (Photo: IANS)

After a successful performance in the Maharashtra assembly polls, the Shiv Sena seems to be in no mood to compromise on its demand for equal division of chief ministerial division.

Five days after the election results were announced, no official steps have been taken by the winning alliance of Shiv Sena and BJP in Maharashtra for government formation.

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said the delay was because "there is no Dushyant [Chautala] here whose father is in jail."

He added that the political situation in Maharashtra was different from Haryana where elections also took place at the same time.

"Here [Maharashtra] it's us [Shiv Sena] who do politics of dharma and satya, Sharad [Pawar] ji who created an environment against the BJP and Congress who will never go with BJP," Sanjay Raut said.

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Sanjay Raut was making a reference to newly appointed deputy CM of Haryana Dushyant Chautala. Chautala's party Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) formed a post-poll alliance with the BJP in Haryana and was offered the deputy CM post in return.

Dushyant's father Ajay Chautala is serving a jail term along with his father OP Chautala in the teachers' recruitment scam and was granted furlough soon after the BJP-JJP alliance was announced.

In Maharashtra, the BJP and the Sena, with 105 and 56 seats, respectively, in the new Assembly, are locked in a bitter tussle over sharing of power.

Ever since the results were announced on October 24, there have been statements from sections in the Congress-NCP, though not officially, hinting that a move by the Sena to look beyond the BJP for government formation may get positive feelers.

Speaking to a news channel, Raut said, "We believe in the alliance (with BJP) as we contested the polls jointly. But the BJP should not compel us to commit the sin of looking for an alternative for government formation."

"No one is a saint in politics," he added, possibly a hint to the senior ally that committing such a "sin" was not entirely unfathomable for the Sena.