Jamkhed: People say he is Sharad Pawar in the making. NCP founder's grand-nephew, Rohit Pawar, is playing an 'away' Assembly match against senior minister Ram Shinde in a constituency that the BJP hasn't lost in 25 years. The fourth-generation politician of the Pawar family does not promise to turn the constituency into another Baramati, but tells people he has a plan to make their future better. When mid-day probed Rohit, 34, on accusations that his political ambitions have caused a power struggle in the family, he said people were deliberately painting him as a villain.

Excerpts from an interview.