India, Nov. 18 -- Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde attended a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, even as a group of Shiv Sena ministers stayed away amid tension following the induction of its four former corporators into the fold of ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The Sena ministers were at the state secretariat but chose not to go to the Cabinet meeting hall. They later raised the induction of the four with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis.

Pratap Sarnaik, one of the ministers, said some rules have to be followed in an alliance, and that was not being done. "We did not like the BJP taking our men into the party. We met Fadnavis and told him about this. He is very supportive. These mistakes are made at the ground level. These...