After it appeared that Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress were all but ready to stake claim to form govt in Maharshtra and Uddhav Thackeray was set to be the CM, Ajit Pawar-led faction pulled the rug out from under the feet of the alliance that was shaping up. With some MLAs, he lent his support to the BJP. It appears no one knew about what was going on. These were some of the earliest reactions from the parties involved in hectic negotiations until Friday.