 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati mekurudziro yesarudzo ya1991, aimbova Mutungamiriri weHurumende Rajiv Gandhi akapondwa. Bato rakasarudza P. V. Narasimha Rao kuva purezidhendi webato. Kwakanga kuchitarisirwa kuti purezidhendi webato aizova mutungamiriri wehurumende kana Kongiresi ikakunda. Zvisinei, Pawar panguva iyoyo akanga ataura nezvekusiyanisa pakati pemutungamiri webato nemutungamiriri wehurumende. Uyewo sezvo boka reCongress rakabva kuMaharashtra rakanga riri guru zvikurusa, Pawar akanzwa kuti akanga ane chikumbiro chepamutemo chebasa ramutungamiriri wehurumende. Zvisinei, Pawar pakupedzisira akasarudza kusapinda mumakwikwi, uye bato reCongress Parliamentary Party nhengo dzeparamende dzebato dzakasarudza pamwe chete P.V. Narasimha Rao semutungamiri wavo, uye akapika semutungamiri wehurumende musi wa 21 Chikumi 1991. Rao akadana Pawar kuti ave gurukota rokudzivirira. Pana 26 June 1991, Pawar akatora nzvimbo iyoyo, uye akaibata kusvikira muna March 1993. Pashure pokunge mutsivi waPawar muMaharashtra, Sudhakarrao Naik, abva pachigaro pashure pokubata kwake kwakaipa mhirizhonga dzeBombay, Rao akakumbira Pawar kuti ashandezve somutungamiriri wehurumende yenyika. Pawar akapika semutungamiriri wehurumende kwenguva yake yechina musi wa6 Kurume 1993. Panenge pakarepo, Mumbai yakazununguswa nokuparara kwebhomba kwakawanda, musi wa 12 March 1993. Mhinduro yaPawar pakuputika kwacho yakakonzera gakava. Makore anopfuura gumi gare gare, Pawar akabvuma kuti akanga anyengera nemaune vanhu vachitevera kuputika kwebhomba, nokutaura kuti paiva ne13 kwete 12 kuputika, uye akanga awedzera zita renzvimbo ine vaMuslim vakawanda kuratidza kuti vanhu vanobva mumapoka ose akanga akanganiswa. Akaedza kururamisa kunyengera uku nokutaura kuti yakanga iri nhano yokudzivisa mhirizhonga dzamarudzi, kupfurikidza nokuratidzira zvisiri izvo kuti vose vari vaviri vaHindu navaMuslim vemunzanga muguta vakanga vabatwa zvisina kufanira. Akabvumawo kunyepa pamusoro peuchapupu hwakawanikwa uye kutsausa vanhu kuti vatende kuti hwairatidza maTamil Tigers sevanogona kufungidzirwa. 