Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar’s wife, Sunetra Pawar, filed Nomination paper as Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP) candidate for the Rajya Sabha polls scheduled for June 25.
Sunetra recently contested the Lok Sabha elections from the Baramati constituency and faced defeat against sitting MP and Sharad Pawar’s daughter, Supriya Sule, in a highly contested family battle. She lost by 1.58 lakh votes.
Sunetra’s nomination comes a day after Parth Pawar, the deputy chief minister’s elder son, held discussions with NCP working president Praful Patel and Tatkare at the party office, advocating for his own candidature. The Rajya Sabha seat became vacant after Patel’s resignation in February this year.