New Delhi, May 27 -- Amid reports of rift between the alliance government in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has called a meeting of his alliance partners. Soon after a meeting held between the Chief Minister of the state and his ally Sharad Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), speculations peaked over strained ties.

"there is no threat to the Maharashtra government. All MLAs are with us, any attempt to break them at this time will result in the public beating us," said the NCP Supremo Mr. Pawar.

Both the parties - Shiv Sena and the NCP have denied of any divide among them but the trouble stirred more after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appeared to distance himself from decision-making in Maharashtra and ascribed o...