The prized family seat of the influential Pawar family is going to be one of the most hotly contested seats in Maharashtra. Ajit Pawar is set to contest from Baramati. His wife, Sunetra, contested from here in Lok Sabha and was defeated by Supriya Sule, Ajit’s cousin. Ajit Pawar rebelled against his uncle Sharad Pawar and caused a split in the NCP in 2023. Sule, who is Sharad Pawar’s daughter, won the Baramati Lok Sabha seat for the fourth time in a row. Sharad Pawar, the founder of the NCP, has been associated with the seat for six decades. While...
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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar visited Baramati tehsil in Pune district on Monday to take stock of the rains, which he said were "unprecedented" for May. Heavy rains lashed Baramati, Indapur and Daunda tehsils on Sunday, prompting the National Disaster Response Force to deploy two specialised teams on the urgent request of the district collector. The May rain recorded in the three tehsils are unprecedented in the last 50 years, Pawar said while carrying out an inspection of affected areas with Collector Jitendra Dudi. "The average rainfall of these three tehsils was around 14 inches for the entire monsoon season but yesterday, in Shetfalgadhe in Indapur tehsil, 13 inches rainfall was recorded in a few hours. The havoc was due to such heavy rains and then a breach at Nira canal near Nimtek in Baramati tehsil. The IMD has issued a red alert for this region on May 28," said Pawar. During the inspection, the team is assessing damage to crops and houses, the NCP leader ...
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