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Ajit Pawar split the NCP in July last year and joined the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance with 40 MLAs..
Mumbai: Baramati Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtras Pune district will witness a fight between Supriya Sule, daughter of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) founder Sharad Pawar, and Sunetra Pawar, wife of senior Pawars nephew Ajit Pawar.o)..
The Sharad Pawar-led NCP announced its first list of five candidates on Saturday which included Sule, who has been fielded from the Baramati Lok Sabha seat, Amol Kolhe from Shirur, Nilesh Lanke from Ahmednagar, Amar Kale from Wardha, and Bhaskar Bagare has been fielded from Dindori Lok Sabha constituency..
Less than two hours after the Sharad faction declared Sules candidature, Sunil Tatkare, state president of the Ajit Pawar faction, announced Sunetras name as the party candidate from Baramati..
Her candidature also evoked opposition from Ajits political rivals, such as Shiv Sena leader Vijay Shivtare, who announced that he would contest as an independent. . BJP leader Harshvardhan Patil too objected to the candidature, but both of them were pacified by deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis..
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