BJP today talked about "good news" and said it would meet the Maharashtra Governor on Thursday, setting off talk of an agreement with ally Shiv Sena just two days before the deadline for government formation. "Good news can come anytime," a senior BJP leader said after the feuding allies met for the first time on Wednesday.

Six Shiv Sena ministers attended a meeting called by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on the farm crisis in the state after rain. Sources say a formula for government formation was discussed in the meeting, the first since the results of the Maharashtra election on October 24.

You cannot separate water, no matter how much you try to. Shiv Sena and BJP are together... We should wait for the news, the good news can come anytime," BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar said after the meeting.

"The government will be formed by the Mahayuti (alliance), no matter what anyone says or thinks," Mr Mungantiwar stressed.

BJP ministers later met the Chief Minister's home to discuss how to divide portfolios with the Sena, which has demanded an equal share in power including a turn at the Chief Minister's post by rotation.

Despite the BJP-Sena alliance winning a clear majority together, the Sena's demand for a "50:50" shot at the chief minister's post and the BJP's refusal to accept it has blocked government formation in one of India's largest states.

We met the Governor, Republican Party of India's Ramdas Athawale also met him. And if BJP leaders are meeting the Governor tomorrow to stake claim then they should form government as they are the single largest party, we have been saying it," Mr Raut said.

Sources say while the Sena officially maintains that its "50:50" demand is unchanged, the party is looking to emerge from this row with big portfolios in the bag.