Will Sharad Pawar, the Maharashtra strongman of Indian politics, be the next UPA chairperson?
{{nQcAwYhXHrXXKWKSsdAL}}
Political grapevine is doing the rounds that Pawar is the likely candidate to replace Congress President Sonia Gandhi as UPA chairperson.
The Maratha strongman shares a good equation with almost all parties and had shown last year, too, that he remains a political mastermind after he sprung a shock on the BJP and formed the government in Maharashtra with the NCP-Shiv Sena-Congress combine.
Congress will hold elections early next year to elect a new president and while Rahul Gandhi remains unwilling to assume the post, it’s clear that the party is likely to get a new president soon.
Unlike last time when Sonia Gandhi stepped down as Congress president but continued as UPA chairperson and also the leader of the parliamentary party, this time her retirement is set to be complete. And hence, she is likely to step down from the post of UPA chairperson.
