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How Sharad Pawar,Chandrababu Naidu became Opposition's strategists

Sharad Pawar, Chandrababu Naidu are the strategists of what opposition hopes could turn into either a UPA 3 government or another United Front government

Lok Sabha Elections 2019
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BJP Leader Shatrughan Sinha, Chandrababu Naidu, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and NCP Leader Sharad Pawar during a protest at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi, Wednesday. Photo: Dalip Kumar

Archis Mohan New Delhi
As Opposition leaders clasped and raised their hands on the dais for the customary photo-op at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday evening, N Chandrababu Naidu stood on the right and Sharad Pawar on the left of Mamata Banerjee. She, in turn, folded her hands in a namaskar.


Naidu and Pawar have come to occupy the space that Harkishan Singh Surjeet did in 2003-04. They are the strategists of what opposition hopes could turn into either a UPA 3 government or another United Front government, which had