New Delhi: Leaders of the Congress, NCP and Shiv Sena finalised a 40-point common minimum programme (CMP) after meeting in Mumbai on Thursday, according to reports, in the first step taken by the three parties towards the formation of a government.The draft version of the CMP will be sent to the party chiefs, who are expected to meet over the weekend before a final blueprint is expected by November 19, according to reports. NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Congress president Sonia Gandhi are likely to meet in Delhi on November 17, according to PTI.“Leaders of the allies Congress-NCP and the Sena held a meeting to work out consensus on common agenda of governance which will be called common minimum programme,” a senior Congress leader said.Former Maharashtra CM and Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan told the Times of India that the CMP was drafted after taking note of the Shiv Sena and Congress manifestos. “It is not an election manifesto, but an action plan for providing clean and transparent administration. Contentious issues have been dropped,” he said.According to the newspaper, the parties have now turned their attention towards an agreement on power sharing. The Sena will have about 16 cabinet members, while the NCP will have 14 and the Congress 12. The assembly speaker will likely be from the Congress, with a deputy from the Sena, while the legislative council chairman’s post will go to the NCP, again with the a deputy from the Sena.The report says that the chief minister’s post, which acted as a stumbling block for the Sena-BJP alliance, has not been decided yet. A senior Congress told TOI, “Shiv Sena has staked claim for the CM’s post. It is not yet clear if it will be for five years or it will be by rotation for two and half years, or it should be for an equal period among Congress, Shiv Sena and NCP.” The final call will be taken after the three party chiefs meet.While a PIL was filed in the Supreme Court by an Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha leader seeking that the possible alliance between the three parties be declared a “fraud” on the electorate, the leaders of the parties were nonplussed.Also Read: PIL Seeks Declaration of Sena, NCP and Congress Alliance as ‘Fraud’ on Electorate“We are determined to provide a stable, non-BJP government as people of Maharashtra do not want a mid-term poll,’’ said Congress’s Vijay Wadettiwar.The meeting was attended by Maharashtra NCP chief Jayant Patil, NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal and party’s chief spokesperson Nawab Malik. The Congress was represented by Prithviraj Chavan, Manikrao Thakare and Vijay Wadettiwar, while Eknath Shinde and Subhash Desai from the Shiv Sena were also present.The Shiv Sena, meanwhile, kept up its attacks on estranged ally BJP. The party’s mouthpiece Saamana in an editorial on Thursday alleged that the imposition of president’s rule in Maharashtra was a “scripted act”.Former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis was shedding “crocodile tears” over the imposition of president’s rule as power is indirectly in the hands of the BJP, it said.Sena MP Sanjay Raut said had BJP president Amit Shah informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi “in time” about the “50:50” seat-sharing formula decided by the leaders of the two parties, the current impasse would have been avoided.Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut. Photo: PTIShah, on Wednesday, had rejected Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray’s claim that the BJP had agreed to share the CM’s post.The state BJP is holding its state executive meeting here to discuss organisational matters and prevailing political situation.President’s rule was imposed in the state on Tuesday after governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari sent a report to the Centre stating that the formation of a stable government was impossible in the current situation.The BJP and Shiv Sena, who fought the October 21 state elections in an alliance, secured a comfortable majority by winning 105 and 56 seats respectively in the 288-member Assembly. The alliance fell through after the BJP did not cede to the Sena’s demand of sharing the chief minister’s post.The Congress and NCP won 44 and 54 seats.