MUMBAI, Nov. 4 -- MAHARASHTRA CM Devendra Fadnavis met Amit Shah, Sharad Pawar met Sonia Gandhi and Sanjay Raut met the governor on Monday, but there was no clarity yet on the formation of a new government in the state, 11 days after declaration of the Assembly poll results.

After his meeting with Gandhi in Delhi, NCP chief Pawar ruled out any possibility of his return as state CM.

Asked if the NCP is considering supporting the Shiv Sena, Pawar said, "No one from Shiv Sena has contacted me on this.

The mandate for us (NCP) is to sit in the opposition.

We do not have enough numbers to be in this race." Fadnavis, who met Shah in the national capital to seek Central relief for state farmers hit by unseasonal rains, said the new government ...