Politically Powerful Pawar Punched
Sharad Govindrao Pawar (Age 79), though a tall Maratha Leader, is the most confused, conflicting, and combating personality ever since he entered politics at a young age of 22 years. He was the chief minister of Maharashtra on three occasions – viz. in 1978 for 2 years, in 1988 for 3 years and in 1993 for 2 years – thereby he could not occupy the post for the full terms of 5 years on any of his 3 terms – the reasons for which were many – but, definitely it reflects his personality as assessed by us in the opening sentence. His eluding personality complexes could be explained by quoting two important instances: • In March 1993, Sudhakarrao Naik stepped down after the disastrous handling of the Bombay riots and then Pawar was sworn in as chief minister on 6 th March 1993. But, unfortunately, almost immediately i.e. on 12 th March 1993, Mumbai was rocked by a series of bomb blasts. More than a decade later, Pawar admitted that he had deliberately lied and misle...