Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday declined to confirm or deny a 'secret' meeting with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar amid political tussle in Maharashtra. Shah has not confirmed the meeting and instead issued a cryptic comment that read "Everything need not be made public", while the NCP has denied any such meeting. The reports of the meeting come at a time when a stinging editorial in Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna targeted Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, indicating tension between the ruling allies of Maharashtra. The Sharad Pawar-led NCP is a member of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition government in Maharashtra that suffered a blow after former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh accused state home minister Anil Deshmukh of corruption.