The limits of Pawar

Nationalist Congress Party chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar’s expression of displeasure with the UPA last week was arguably his first serious attempt since 1999 to distance himself from the Congress and assert a greater role. The timing, as in 1999, is a matter of curiosity. Whatever the outcome, this development is bound to have repercussions at the national level and, particularly, in Pawar’s home state of Maharashtra.

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