Maharashtra Governor SC Jamir stepped in to inject a sense of urgency in government formation and NCP leader Chagan Bhujbal added a new twist saying his party would support a Congress government from outside.

But his party leader and Union Minister Praful Patel made it clear that his party will be part of the new government that will be formed "at the earliest".

Talks are on with Congress and issues will be sorted out "amicably and to the satisfaction of all", he said in New Delhi adding what he was saying is "official" stand of the party.

12 days after the results were out giving the Congress-NCP coalition a majority in the Assembly, the two parties are yet to sort out problems of portfolio distribution among them and give an indication as to when they would form the government.

As the term of the outgoing Assembly ended on Tuesday, the Governor called both Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and Deputy Chief Minister Bhujbal separately and discussed with them the government formation.

Bhujbal told reporters after the meeting with Governor that it was for the Chief Minister to answer to why a government was not being formed.