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What is Sharad Pawar upto.. that’s a question that has dogged me ever since I joined this profession in 1988. That was the year when Sharad Pawar became chief minister of Maharashtra a second time and since then Pawar watching has been part of my political beat in a way. His twists, turns and U turns have been such that no one is sure what Mr Pawar will do next except the Maharashtra leader himself. The latest twist comes with Pawar’s statement that he is against a JPC into the Adani affair and feels that the industrialist is being needlessly hounded without hard evidence of guilt. At a time when the Congress, Rahul Gandhi and much of the opposition has been targeting Gautam Adani, there can be varying interpretations of Mr Pawar’s remarks made to Adani owned NDTV. A) Pawar wants to sabotage opposition unity B) Pawar wants to distance himself from Rahul Gandhi’s high decibel anti Adani campaign c) Pawar is sending out signals to the BJP that he could do a deal with them in the future.