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Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule has hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party after its ally Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Saturday fielded Sunetra Pawar, wife of Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, against her from the Baramati constituency, alleging that it was a design of saffron party to politically finish off NCP founder Sharad Pawar.I)..
Supriya Sule, the cousin of Ajit Pawar, said the intra-family duel in the Lok Sabha polls will not waver her respect for Sunetra Pawar as she is her elder brothers wife and like a mother, news agency PTI reported..
Additionally, Sunetra Pawar is believed to have played a major role in her husband Ajit Pawars decision to join the BJP-led camp last year..
Supriya Sule told PTI that Sunetra Pawar is the wife of her elder brother and the elder sister-in-law is considered as mother..
. Hitting back, BJP's state women's wing chief Chitra Wagh said the commotion in the Sule camp about Sunetra Pawar is nothing but fear of defeat..
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