India, Dec. 2 -- Uddhav Thackeray was sworn in as Chief Minister of Maharashtra on November 28. The son of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray's occupation of the Chief Minister's chair ended an extraordinary drama that engulfed the country. A review of the saga requires a reflection to delve deeper into the roles of what this writer calls 'The triangular trio'.
The Mumbai trio
By evening of 22nd November the Shiv Sena Chief, Uddhav Thackeray emerged as the consensus leader of the 'Tripartite parties'. This alarmed the Delhi BJP top brass. Unless something was done swiftly India's richest state would be out of their hands. With their blessing, Devendra Fadnavis met Ajit Pawar late night. It was a match fixing secretive 'summit'. In all likeli...