Now, who is in this lobby – The requirements are that one has to be a 96-clanner person who owed allegiance to Yashwantrao (later usurped by Sharad Pawar) and who is NOT from Konkan. 96-clanner Konkani Marathas (like Narayan Rane, for example) can never be part of this Sugar-lobby. It has to be Deshastha Marathas only. But not all 96-clanner Marathas are from the Ghat. Those who owe their allegiance to Yashwantrao and who will go after him either with OR against Nehru and who were big farmers with great political clout and following AFTER having displaced Brahmin leadership (and farmers) from those particular district. Quite a tall order. Like the Delhi’s establishment elite circuit, this Maratha Jaagirdar lobby has been calling shots in Maharashtra and rest of KG basin since fall of Yadava Empire in general.