Aspirations of the younger generation of the Pawar family, the BJP’s efforts to make in-roads, and the dilemma of the NCP and NCP (SP) cadre raise questions about the future of the Pawar bastion
The Baramati bypoll holds significance, as these will be the first elections since the death of the eight-time MLA from the constituency, Ajit Pawar
He appeals to Baramati residents to vote for Sunetra Pawar as a tribute to Ajit Pawar
A key contest among the bypolls is for the Baramati seat which fell vacant after elected MLA and Maharashtra's deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash
Calling him an ‘ungrateful son’, a bad orator, Congress questioned his ‘political convenience’ and silence over his father’s accidental death
Ms. Pawar called Mr. Thackeray to seek his support in the seat her late husband left vacant, in line with State tradition; State Congress chief insists the party will field a candidate in Baramati