MUMBAI: With elections barely a couple of months away in Maharashtra, a bitter battle has erupted between the two main political allies in the state over seat sharing.Emboldened by its Lok Sabha showing, the BJP wants to call the shots in the state and threatens to snap ties with its ally Shiv Sena unless it is given more seats. While the NCP, which has been ruling Maharashtra with the Congress for more than a decade now, is clamouring for more.Mid-rung BJP leaders on Thursday demanded that the party contest all the 288 seats, sending a message to the Shiv Sena that it's not ready to play second fiddle. Though Sena leaders didn't want to go on record, some admitted that Sena President Uddhav Thackeray has asked all the vibhag pramukhs in the state to get ready to contest elections independently."The BJP is making these demands because it mistakenly believes that the LS result was entirely due to it. But they should realise that they wouldn't have got the numbers had they not gone with us. If they feel otherwise, they are welcome to fight on their own," a Sena leader said on the condition of anonymity.Sena leaders also said that 'Matoshree' (the residence of Uddhav Thackeray) isn't losing sleep over the BJP threats. The BJP also played down the development, saying that preparing for 288 seats doesn't mean snapping ties with the Sena."Our intention to campaign for the 288 seats would actually benefit us and also our ally who would be contesting from some of the seats," said State BJP Chief Devendra Fadnavis.The rumblings of discontent were also apparent in the Congress-NCP camp, with NCP leader and state Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar threatening to go it alone in the assembly polls if the Congress didn't give it more seats."If the Congress doesn't give us more seats, then we should be ready to contest all the 288 seats on our own. Every party should fight on its own, then only will it know its real strength," said Pawar at a party function in Ahmednagar.He, however, hastened to add that this was his 'personal' opinion. Maharashtra State Congress Chief Manikrao Thakre said that he did not wish to comment on Pawar's personal opinion.Political analyst Yuvraj Mohite said that it is unlikely that the Sena-BJP or the Congress-NCP would break their alliance. "The issue with the Sena and BJP is that after the spectacular results in the Lok Sabha polls, there's pressure from the cadres of both these parties to get tickets."Every party functionary feels that if he gets a ticket, he could make it. There will be rebellion if they are denied tickets, which is why BJP is asking for more seats while Sena is refusing to budge," explained Mohite. The situation is similar in the Congress-NCP camp, he said.