Mumbai: In a veiled attack on Shiv Sena, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Venkaiah Naidu on October 19 night asserted that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government's stability will not be affected by threats from allies to pull out from the ruling coalition.

"If any ally walks out of the ruling coalition two more will join it," Naidu said while addressing a function organised by party's commerce cell.

Naidu's statement assumes significance in the wake of Thackeray's statement that if the NDA fails to heed to his suggestion on disinvestment, labour reforms and tackling terrorism he would "come into his full colours".

However, Naidu did not mention Sena or Thackeray in his speech.

Naidu lauded Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee as the tallest leader in the country saying, "No one can come close to Vajpayee in credible acknowledgement for leadership qualities."

NDA is firmly in the saddle and there is no threat to its stability of the government, Naidu emphasised.

PTI