Responding to Chief Minister (CM) Uddhav Thackeray's challenge to try and bring his government down, former CM Devendra Fadnavis said that the three-party government should first function before daring the opposition.

Fadnavis said that Thackeray is right in saying that he is in the driver's seat of the three-wheeler called MVA (Maha Vikas Aghadi) but the passengers behind (NCP and Congress) have their own destination and as such the journey is troubled because of contradictions among the partners. "It is said that we should try to topple the government. And, we have said repeatedly that we are not interested in pulling the government down simply because we know that you three will break each other's legs. Forget the downfall, and accept my challenge of running the government," said Fadnavis while addressing the party's newly appointed state executive on Monday.