The last hurrah: The impotence of being Sharad Pawar

Even as the Sharad Pawar-Congress brinkmanship plays itself out over the next few days, the amusing bit is that everyone has discussed the red herrings instead of the real issue. We have been told that Pawar was miffed about being denied the No 2 position in cabinet (unlikely), that the Congress treats the NCP as a mere appendage (true, but what can you do if you have very few MPs?), that Pawar’s real target is Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan (possible), and that he wants to install nephew Ajit Pawar as CM...

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