Our sources in Delhi tell us that the crisis in the UPA2 has blown over after NCP senior leader Praful Patel and Sonia Gandhi's political secretary Ahmed Patel worked out a peace formula. Apparently, both have been burning the midnight oil to bring about a solution to the crisis.

Sonia Gandhi said that she felt the absence of the articulate Pranab Mukherjee, always called upon as a troubleshooter. Sonia is believed to have also conveyed to Sharad Pawar the compulsions of the Congress.