Hindustan Times
Sometime in December 2000, Sharad Pawar first announced his interest in cricket with the declaration that he would contest to the office of president of the Mumbai Cricket Association that year. But things were not going quite as he had planned. He had never lost an election before (barring one to the Congress presidency against Sitaram Kesri in 1997 – his defeat at the BCCi in 2004 was yet to come) and he did not want to lose this one now. He would rather he got elected unopposed. Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, July 10, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Filed under India · Tagged BCCI, Congress Presidency, mumbai, Mumbai Cricket Association, Sharad Pawar, Sitaram Kesri
Some years ago, when Sitaram Kesri had pulled support from the Deve Gowda government in New Delhi, I called Sharad Pawar to ascertain what he would do – would he split the Congress to support Gowda, would he go along with Kesri (whom he abhorred) or would he make a bid for the top job himself? Read more
(5 votes, average: 3.4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, May 8, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Balasaheb Thackeray, Congress, Deve Gowda, Pramod Mahajan, Sharad Pawar, Sitaram Kesri
