India, Dec. 2 -- Darkness of the night is the preferred medium for the thieves to operate; the daylight dazzles and exposes them to risks. So, when the files and other communication moved back and forth between the PMO and the Rashtrapati Bhavan in the intervening night of 22/23 November and President Ramnath Kovind finally signed a decree revoking the President's rule in Maharashtra in the wee hours, stage was set for unfolding of a sinister political plot in India's financial capital. Within an hour, the country woke up to the announcement that Devendra Fadnavis was once again being sworn in as the Chief Minister and Ajit Pawar, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA, as his deputy!
This was akin to coming together of the north and south p...