Sharad Pawar’s Next Move and the Politics of Ambiguity
In the 2009 general election, the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) was part of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA). The Left Front, which had withdrawn support to UPA-I over the nuclear deal with the US, contested the election as a third front. Naveen Patnaik, then Odisha Chief Minister and leader of the Biju…