NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday said that the common minimum programme wasn’t discussed by the NCP, Congress and Shiv Sena. He also said that the possibility of supporting the Sena or forming a government wasn’t discussed between him and Congress president Sonia Gandhi but stressed that they have decided to keep assessing the impasse further.

A common minimum programme is a document outlining the objectives of a coalition government.
Pawar’s outright dismissal of the talks that took place between the state leaders of the non-BJP parties was shocking because these events were promoted by the participants who hold responsible positions in their respective parties. The pictures of closely-guarded meetings were sent to mediapersons. Even Pawar had said at Congress-NCP’s joint media conference that the CMP would be discussed. However, on Monday he said there was no reason for them to talk about it. “MLAs keep on. They might have discussed why the formation of government was delayed,” said Pawar.