Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray held discussions with his alliance partners today after a series of meetings and a comment by Rahul Gandhi led to questions about the future of his coalition government. Speculation of strained ties in the six-month-old Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)-Congress coalition peaked after a meeting between Uddhav Thackeray and NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday.