Sharad Pawar | The Machiavelli of Maharashtra
If the 18th century statesman of the Maratha Empire, Nana Phadnavis, was called the ‘Maratha Machiavelli’ by European visitors to the Peshwa court, that moniker today would undoubtedly belong to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo, Sharad Pawar. Arguably one of Maharashtra’s tallest leaders in the last quarter of the 20th century, the 82-year-old, whose … Read more