India, April 6 -- There was a confidential meeting between NCP leaders and later on with the Shiv Sena leaders. Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari accepting the resignation of Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and handed over the charge of the key department to cabinet minister Dilip Walse Patil of the NCP has not gone well with the Maha Vikas Aghadi government.

Meanwhile, Anil Deshmukh on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to cancel a preliminary CBI probe into allegations of corruption ordered against him. The Bombay High Court on Monday sought the probe based on charges levelled by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh. A team of the investigating agency was to reach Mumbai on Tuesday to initiate the process.

The NCP is a ke...