Pawar as PM

Those who are in regular touch with me on political views and discussions, have known that I have been propounding this theory of Sharad Pawar as PM candidate this time. My reasons are simple and based on simplicity in the complexity of this tamasha called general elections 2009, India.
Both the UPA and NDA are disintegrated. On their alone, neither of the two biggest parties Congress or BJP has fielded candidates in 500+ seats. Only party to do so is BSP which is single handadly the biggest party this time around in terms of number of candidates, but is not expected to win even a fourth of those. So called third front, seems more like a herd of all disillusioned / undecisive parties most of which are hoping to break out and be with the winning coalition that comes to grab power.
In this scenario, Sharad Pawar, NCP seems to be a candidate who is getting the backup of Shiv Sena - a key NDA ally; on grounds of being a Maharastrian. He is, interestingly, also keeping an equal distance from (or equal closeness to ) Congress, NDA as well as third front.

Just imagine a post poll scenario now - where UPA(Congress+SP+RJD+LJP+DMK) is predicted to be getting around 230 seats, NDA (BJP+SS+others) around 180 seats and Third front(TDP+BSP+Left+AIADMK) around 90 seats. The scenario looks set for a third front PM supported by UPA. Amongst third front though, Mayawati would clearly be unacceptable to not just SP and LJP but also many senior leaders in Congress. Amongst others, Left and TDP are not even aiming at PMship. In this scenario, Sharad Pawar becomes the natural choice for UPA. He'll also get support from third front, as well as likes of Shiv sena and Raj Thakrey. That's the irony of Indian politics.....with 30 seats, NCP leader can actually look forward to become the country's PM in 540 member Lok Sabha

Let's wait and watch.....The Great Indian Tamasha is on !!