<span style="color: #222222;">In Maharashtra, Nationalist Congress Party, which is sharing power with the Shiv Sena and Congress in the state, today said the allocation of portfolios to ministers is taking time as the Uddhav Thackeray-led Government is mulling the creation of some new departments.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' NCP Chief Spokesman and Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik made this comment while speaking to reporters in Mumbai in the wake of reports, which claimed that differences among the three ruling parties over sharing of portfolios is causing the delay in the allocation. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Malik said portfolios are likely to be allocated on Monday.</span><br />''  <br />