<span style="color: #222222;">The first-of-its-kind alliance among the Shiv Sena, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress in Maharashtra appears to be taking shape in Maharashtra after NCP Chief Sharad Pawar yesterday expressed confidence that the government formed by the three parties will last a full term.<br />''<br />'' A delegation of the three parties is set to meet Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari today, but the three parties maintained it was to seek immediate aid for rain-affected farmers and not about government formation.<br />'' <br />'' </span>