As Pranab-Chidu slug it out, UPA 2 feels like the last days of the Mughal empire

The Pranab Mukherjee-P Chidambaram ugly face-off in full public view is symptomatic of the hapless plight of the Congress as well as the UPA 2 and lends itself to comparisons with the last days of the Mughals when, emboldened by a combination of greed, ambition and a weak central authority, powerful satraps went for each other’s jugular ensuring that everyone, including the empire, went down under.

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