Pawars joining hands seems to have been futile, as BJP popularity has outweighed combined NCP. This puts a big question mark on the future of NCP-SP and Ajit Pawar's importance in the Mahayuti.
Pawar has hit out at Mahayuti ally BJP, which defeated then undivided NCP in 2017 in both Pune & Pimpri Chinchwad local bodies, every step of the way, even making allegations of graft.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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