Sharad Pawar started his career with the Youth Congress at the age of twenty-four, and became a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 1967. Initially mentored by Y.B. Chavan and Vasantdada Patil, he matured into an ambitious and astute politician and has been a long-time parliamentarian for seven terms from 1984, four times chief minister of Maharashtra, and the Union minister responsible for various portfolios such as Defence, Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Food Processing. His role and position in Maharashtra politics notwithstanding, probably one
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