Amid speculations about a rift in the ruling Mahayuti, Maharashtra Minister and BJP leader Chandrakant Patil has said it was natural for people of different backgrounds to have disagreements in a coalition government, reported news agency PTI.

The state higher and technical education minister was reacting to reports that Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde complained to Union Home Minister Amit Shah about Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who heads the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).