Govt formation taking time to avoid glitches afterwards: Cong

After Maharashtra governor SC Jamir nudged Congress and NCP to show a sense of urgency in forming government in Maharashtra, Congress today said the exercise was taking time as the two parties wanted to prevent glitches after formation of the government.

"Yes, of course...We will respect the mandate of the people," party spokesman Shakeel Ahmed told reporters when asked whether the alliance would heed to the advice of the Governor. He, however, said "we do not want any glitches after government is formed. It is, therefore, taking some time".

Ahmed said that on previous two occasions when the Congress and the NCP formed government in Maharashtra it took some time to thrash out the modalities.

"In both Congress and NCP, there are senior leaders, mature leaders. Things will be sorted out in a short span of time," the spokesman added. Governor Jamir, who had yesterday called chief minister Ashok Chavan of Congress and deputy chief minister Chagan Bhujbal of NCP for consultations, today said he has told the two leaders that it was their responsibility to form a government without delay.

No government has been formed in Maharashtra even after 13 days of announcement of results of assembly elections which saw the return to power of The Congress-NCP alliance had emerged victorious in the elections.