<p class="title">Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said in a congratulatory letter to Uddhav Thackeray, who would be taking oath as the new chief minister of Maharashtra, that the country is facing "unprecedented threats" from the BJP.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Thackeray would be heading an unlikely alliance of the Sena, the NCP, and the Congress.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Shiv Sena broke up its three-decade alliance with the BJP over sharing of chief minister's post after contesting the assembly elections together.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Shiv Sena, NCP, and the Congress have come together under quite extraordinary circumstances at a time when the country faces unprecedented threats from the BJP," Gandhi's letter said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I wish you all the very best as you embark on a new inning in your life," she added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a separate letter to state Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat, Gandhi expressed confidence that the Congress-NCP-Shiv Sena combine will provide a stable and responsive government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shiv Sena youth wing chief Aaditya Thackeray had met Sonia Gandhi in Delhi on Wednesday to invite her for the swearing-in ceremony, but Gandhi, apparently, would not be attending the event. </p>
<p class="title">Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said in a congratulatory letter to Uddhav Thackeray, who would be taking oath as the new chief minister of Maharashtra, that the country is facing "unprecedented threats" from the BJP.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Thackeray would be heading an unlikely alliance of the Sena, the NCP, and the Congress.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Shiv Sena broke up its three-decade alliance with the BJP over sharing of chief minister's post after contesting the assembly elections together.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Shiv Sena, NCP, and the Congress have come together under quite extraordinary circumstances at a time when the country faces unprecedented threats from the BJP," Gandhi's letter said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I wish you all the very best as you embark on a new inning in your life," she added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a separate letter to state Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat, Gandhi expressed confidence that the Congress-NCP-Shiv Sena combine will provide a stable and responsive government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shiv Sena youth wing chief Aaditya Thackeray had met Sonia Gandhi in Delhi on Wednesday to invite her for the swearing-in ceremony, but Gandhi, apparently, would not be attending the event. </p>