Here are the latest developments on Maharashtra political crisis

The Union Cabinet on Tuesday recommended President's rule in Maharashtra where no political party has been able to form a government after the assembly polls last month.

Sources said the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, met here this afternoon to discuss the political impasse in Maharashtra and decided to recommend to the president to impose Central rule in the state.

(with PTI inputs)

Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari invited Sharad Pawar led-NCP, the third largest party in Maharashtra, to prove support and form the government. NCP now has time till Tuesday 8.30pm to take a decision.

On Monday, Sena redoubled efforts to seek an alliance but failed to do so before the time given by the governor but the Congress-NCP duo left the saffron party hanging.

Congress’s Sonia Gandhi decided to hold talks with NCP Chief Sharad Pawar before arriving at a decision. However, it meant that Sena lost its chance and an unexpected opportunity fell on Pawar’s lap.

However, 24 hours may be too short a window to ensure adequate support as witnessed in the case of Shiv Sena a day earlier.

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday conceded its inability to form the government in Maharashtra despite having the public mandate for its pre-poll alliance.

"The Shiv Sena has insulted the public mandate... If it is in a position to form the government along with the support of the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party, our best wishes are with them," said BJP State President Chandrakant Patil.

Fadnavis submitted his resignation to the governor on November 8 — 14 hours before his tenure ends — holding Sena responsible for the deadlock.

He said, Sena's "policy" of not talking with the BJP but holding talks with the opposition Congress and NCP was wrong.

He reasserted that there was no agreement on sharing power. "There was no talk anytime before me over sharing the post of CM for two-and-half years each between the two parties... (Union Minister) Nitin Gadkari and I spoke with BJP President Amit Shah who also said there was no such commitment on this,” Fadnavis said after he submitted his resignation.

Sena leader Sanjay Raut left no stone behind to attack BJP.

After the state Assembly polls were declared on October 24, he has been holding media briefings everyday and posting Tweets to hit out at the BJP. A day after assembly results were out,Raut took a jibe at BJP by posting a cartoon of a tiger (Shiv Sena’s party symbol) wearing a clock locket (NCPs party symbol) sniffing a lotus (BJPs party symbol).

The 50:50 formula is the core of the tussle between Sena and BJP.

Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said that the two allies will equally divide power. "We (Amit Shah and himself) have agreed on a portfolio number and we expect to stick to that," said Uddhav Thackeray addressing a press conference after the announcement of results.

Shiv Sena wanted the CM’s post included in the division of power while the BJP did not. And, that’s how the cookie crumbled.

The Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena alliance won 166 seats, while the Congress-NCP combine won 98 seats in the Maharashtra assembly polls held on October 21.

Shiv Sena, the second largest party in the 288 member House with 56 MLAs, had time till 7.30 pm today (November 11) to stake claim on government formation.

Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena had a fall-out with its pre-poll ally -- the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), over sharing of key posts including the Chief Minister’s office. Both BJP and Sena were wrangling for power sharing as soon as the election results came in.It ended with BJP giving up its claim on the government despite being the single largest party.