It would take less than a minute to gauge the present political scenario in the state and take measure of the majority of problems plaguing us. As three of its former chief ministers — late Vilasrao Deshmukh, Sushilkumar Shinde and Ashok Chavan — face allegations over their involvement in the Adarsh housing society scam, former deputy CM Ajit Pawar has faced criticism over his alleged role in the irrigation scam, a bunch of ministers — Chhagan Bhujbal, Sunil Tatkare, Rajendra Darda, Gulabrao Deokar — and a few legislators including Nitin Gadkari — who heads BJP — and Shiv Sena MLA Suresh Jain are also in trouble over corruption issues, the picture looks rather bleak for Maharashtra.

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