The Maharashtra NCP says that if the party breaks away from the UPA at the Centre, the state leadership will also follow suit. Yesterday, Sonia Gandhi had asked senior NCP leader Praful Patel to 'do something' to end the stand-off. 

The NCP Working Committee met in New Delhi yesterday to discuss its options in the wake of party chief Sharad Pawar's communication to the Congress leadership last week expressing a desire to quit the government along with another Praful Patel on issues like better functioning of the coalition.

At the end of the hour-long deliberations,  Patel said the discussions in the party would continue on issues like continuing in the government and a final decision would be taken "no later than" Wednesday.

However, the party has moved the day to Thursday and  says it's absence at the cabinet meet will indicate its exit from the government.