Baramati will vote within the third part on Might 7.
Pune:
Three-term Lok Sabha member Supriya Sule and her sister-in-law Sunetra Pawar on Thursday filed their nominations for the Baramati Lok Sabha seat in Maharashtra’s Pune district on the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) and NCP tickets, respectively.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, husband of Sunetra Pawar, additionally filed a set of nomination papers for the seat, which an NCP functionary described as a backup plan in case Sunetra Pawar’s nomination doesn’t stand scrutiny or any discrepancy is present in it.
Polling in Baramati, a pocket borough of the Pawars, can be held on Might 7.
Congress leaders Balasaheb Thorat and Vishwajeet Kadam, amongst others, accompanied Sule, the sitting MP from Baramati and daughter of NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) chief Sharad Pawar, as she filed the nomination papers earlier than the returning officer on the Council Corridor in Pune.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and NCP chief Praful Patel had been current when Sunetra Pawar, who’s making her ballot debut, filed her nomination on the Council Corridor later within the day.
Earlier than the submitting of her nomination, a marketing campaign rally was held by the ruling ‘Mahayuti’ constituents – Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Shinde, BJP and Ajit Pawar-headed NCP.
Addressing the rally, Shinde stated a change is inevitable in Baramati and gave the slogan – “Abki baar, Sunetra Pawar”.
Mr Fadnavis stated a brand new historical past can be created in Baramati because the “daughter-in-law of Baramati” will go to Delhi.
Sunetra Pawar stated Prime Minister Narendra Modi has performed super work and the world has taken notice of it.
“Be it infrastructure, constructing of roads, Chandrayaan, Modiji has been instrumental in doing super work and that’s the reason he’s within the minds of the folks,” she stated.
Praful Patel and Union minister Ramdas Athawale, who heads the Republican Occasion of India (A) and is a BJP ally, additionally attended the rally.
Earlier within the day, Sunetra Pawar and Ajit Pawar visited the Dagadusheth Halwai Ganpati temple right here and carried out ‘aarti’.
Actor-turned-politician Amol Kolhe, the sitting MP and NCP (SP) candidate from Shirur Lok Sabha seat in Pune district, additionally filed his nomination earlier than the returning officer right here.
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