MUMBAI, Dec. 18 -- Manikrao Kokate has a knack for stirring controversies - and surviving them. After insulting farmers, belittling his own office and playing online card games while the House was in session, the NCP leader and the state's sports and youth welfare minister was stripped of his portfolios on Wednesday. The politician, who has changed political parties at least half a dozen times, is considered to be a loose cannon. P4...