Rahul Gandhi's comment today served to further complicate matters as his allies in Maharashtra's ruling coalition rubbished talk of a rift spurred by a series of meetings. Rahul Gandhi was seen to distance himself from reports of strained ties between his party's Maharashtra coalition allies Uddhav Thackeray, the Chief Minister, and Nationalist Congress Party's Sharad Pawar. In an interview to NDTV, Supriya Sule, NCP MP, says, "The speculation seems to be in a small group of people and right now we are concerned about nothing but working with the centre and other state govts to make sure that Maharashtra and India win this war against COVID."