Senior NCP leader Praful Patel on Sunday rejected claims that his party was holding talks with the BJP for an alliance, while terming the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government in Maharashtra "stable and safe".

"We all are aware that the MVA government was formed because of (NCP supremo) Sharad Pawarji... there is no reason to talk of unnecessary things in the state... as far as the government is concerned, the MVA under Uddhav Thackeray is stable and safe," he told reporters in Kerala.