``Whether to hold simultaneous polls or otherwise will be decided by the top leaders of the alliance,'' Chief Minister Narayan Rane told a group of mediapersons at Mantralaya.

Rane said in the ensuing elections, the main emphasis of the alliance government would be on its outstanding performance. ``We will highlight the recently launched Annapoorna scheme to provide food grains at a cheaper cost to families below poverty line, drinking water, infrastructure facilities and marked improvement in the law and order situation,'' Rane said.

Rane said his government has already launched a massive drive against police officials having links with criminals. ``Today we have dismissed one police inspector for his alleged links with criminals,'' Rane said.

Earlier, the CM had declared that if elections to the Lok Sabha were held in September or October,then his government was prepared for simultaneous polls. However at a meeting convened by Chief Election Commissioner MS Gill on Monday, Shiv Sena general secretary Subhash Desai specifically submitted that his organisation was against simultaneous polls.

Desai informed the commission that Lok Sabha elections should be held in the first week of June, while polls to the State Assembly should be held in February or March next year.

Despite submissions of Desai, majority of the cabinet members of Shiv Sena and BJP felt that Maharashtra too should go to polls along with the Lok Sabha.