Don’t Count Him Out Ever

In the autumn of his career, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the Congress’ bhadralok politician who is widely seen as the party’s most active link with the pre-Rajiv Gandhi era, is still willing to fight a battle better suited to younger men. As his recent feud with Home Minister P Chidambaram shows, despite his public climbdown, he has emerged far better in the face-off within the UPA Cabinet. For Mukherjee, no victory comes as a gift. It is hardfought, often till the very end, and through a mastery of statecraft rather than skullduggery.

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