India, Feb. 2 -- It took many by surprise when NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar took the names of senior NCP leaders Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare while telling mediapersons on Saturday that he was not aware of Sunetra Pawar's decision to take over as deputy chief minister. He said he came to know that Patel, national working president of the NCP, and Tatkare, who is the state president, had taken the initiative to make the decision. It is well known that Patel and Tatkare played an important role when Ajit Pawar had first planned to take over the party in 2023. Tatkare was Ajit's close aide when he made an unsuccessful attempt to split the party in 2019. Ajit finally managed to do it three years later with a little help from the BJP and also...