Speaking to a man in the know, the other week, I was rather amused to hear him describe the situation in the Nationalist Congress Party rather succinctly. Read more

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Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, July 29, 2011 at 7:32 pm
Filed under India, politics · Tagged Ajit Pawar, Chhagan Bhujbal, Congress, Gopinath Munde, Jayant Patil, Maharahstra, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, MNS, Nationalist Congress Party, NCP, Nitin Gadkari, Prithviraj Chavan, Raj Thackeray, RR Patil, Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena, Sujata Anandan, Supriya Sule, Uddhav Thackeray
Poor RR Patil. Apart from the fact that he has not been having a good week, what with the July 13 serial blasts in Bombay and chief minister Prithviraj Chavan pointing out that decisions regarding law and order are delayed, he is under attack from even his own party men. Read more

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Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, July 22, 2011 at 7:07 pm
Filed under politics · Tagged Ajit Pawar, bjp, Chidambaram, Congress, finance minister, home minister, Jayant Patil, Maharashtra, maharashtra chief minister, Maharashtra home minister, mumbai, Mumbai blasts, NCP, Pranab Mukherjee, prithiviraj chavan, Raj Thackeray, RR Patil, Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena, Sujata Anandan, Uddhav Thackeray
It would have happened sooner rather than later. But Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party was prepared for this one. Read more

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Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, April 1, 2011 at 8:06 pm
Filed under India, politics · Tagged Bal Thackeray, Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress-NCP government, Dilip Deshmukh, Eknath Khadse, Gopinath Munde, Jayant Patil, Maharashtra Assembly, Nationalist Congress Party, Nitin Gadkari, Praful Patel, R R Patil, Shahid Balwa, Sharad Pawar, Shashank Manohar, Shiv Sena, Uddhav Thackeray, Vilasrao Deshmukh