Return of the Maratha

From: India Abroad | Date: October 29, 2004 | Copyright information

India Abroad
10-29-2004
Many political analysts believe that Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin and her
then aspiration to become prime minister of India wasn't the only reason
Sharad Pawar broke away from the Congress party to form the Nationalist
Congress Party in 1999. They say at the back of his mind he became acutely
aware of how the leader of a strong regional outfit could literally pull
the strings both for his state (like Mulayam Singh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh
and N Chandrababu Naidu in Andhra Pradesh) and if need be, even be vaulted
into the prime minister's chair (like it happened with H D Deve ...

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