MUMBAI: It seems that Sharad Pawar’s party, the NCP, faced significant challenges in the Assembly polls due to his failure to fulfill the promise of introducing fresh faces into the leadership and nurturing them, much like how Yashwantrao Chavan—Maharashtra’s first chief minister—mentored him. However, in his own constituency of Baramati—first represented by him and later by his nephew, Ajit Pawar, …
