Not very long ago, during the budget session of the state legislature, a group of Congress MLAs was trying to corner Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan over his ‘indecisiveness and slow pace of working’. Their anger and the way it was being exhibited surprised many. Apparently irked over it, Chavan, said a senior colleague of him, called them in his chamber and told them clearly that he was deputed by party chief Sonia Gandhi and would go back whenever she said so.

“Don’t ask me to do anything, which is not acceptable in terms of rules and law. If you are really interested in overall development, please recommend anything that is adequate,” Chavan reportedly said.