Sources also reveal that about two months ago, Sharad Pawar and Mulayam had a secret meeting with BJP President Nitin Gadkari. Keeping in mind the changing political climate, it was decided that If Mulayam and Pawar together get the Manmohan-led UPA to fall, the BJP and its other coalition parties, that is the NDA, will be ready to lend support to Mulayam and Pawar alternately for the prime minister’s post. So can Pawar’s insistence of being named number two be seen in connection with the above incident?