Mumbai (Maharashtra), Sept. 29 -- : Days after a meeting between Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut and former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday, state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil on Tuesday said there are issues among the three parties in the ruling coalition -- the Congress, Shiv Sena and NCP -- and this is how "coalitions break".

"There are differences among the three parties over issues like Farm Bills. This is how things turn sour and coalitions break. What will happen if one fine morning it happens (in Maharashtra)? A mid-term election? It is my analysis, it is not necessary that this will happen," Patil told ANI.

"Who wants mid-term elections? It's tough to fight the mid-term elections. It's wastage of time. There's an...