Mumbai/IBNS, Feb. 18 -- Just three months after a landslide victory in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena-NCP alliance seems to be having a widening rift over the withdrawal of 'Y'-security cover to some MLAs.

According to reports, while the cover has been downgraded or withdrawn for MLAs across all parties, the number is maximum for the Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, which is upset over the move.

After Shinde rebelled and allied with the BJP in 2022, the Maharashtra government gave Y-security cover to 44 of its MLAs and 11 Lok Sabha MPs who had supported him.

The security has been downgraded or withdrawn for leaders from the BJP and the NCP too, but the number is highest...