Uddhav Thackeray has a premonition: "I see a mid-term election happening, the people seem ready." The presage is not derived from the astrologers that politicians regularly draw on. As the leader of one of the two parties in Maharashtra's coalition government, Mr Thackeray should know. But he's also playing a little coy. "We will decide on withdrawing support (to the government) after the BMC election," he told NDTV today.