As voters are waiting to cast their ballots in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday, several prominent leaders including Amit Shah who s contesting from Gandhinagar and Dimple Yadav from Mainpuri and the battle for 'Pawar' legacy in high-stake contests.
An FIR has been registered against alleged workers of the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) for thrashing a government pleader (lawyer) in Baramati after a road rage incident, police said on Friday.
Voting on the Baramati Lok Sabha seat will take place in the third phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha polls on May 7. Baramati comprises 6 Assembly seats: Indapur, Baramati, Purandar, Bhor, Khadakwasla, and Daund.
"It feels so unfortunate when someone says 'wo baahar ki bahu hai'. I would like to ask him when you can accept the 'Italy ki bahu' and forge an alliance with her, here is his own daughter-in-law. The work that Sunetra has done in Baramati...Isn't this (Sharad Pawar's words) stereotypical
NCP Candidate Sunetra Pawar, who is contesting from Baramati Lok Sabha constituency took part in a cricket match and played the game with women cricketers in Pune on Sunday.
Baramati Returning officer Kavita Dwivedi filed a report to the Chief Election Officer Maharashtra on Thursday, saying that prima facie there is a violation of the code of conduct found in Maharashtra DCM Ajit Pawar's Fund for Vote Remark.
The electoral battle in Maharashtra's Baramati Lok Sabha seat is going to be a closely watched contest between NCP candidates Sunetra Pawar and Supriya Sule, who are vying for victory in the Pawar family's stronghold.
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, NCP leader Praful Patel and Union Minister Ramdas Athawale were present with her at the Divisional Commissioner's office.
Meanwhile, Mahayuti candidate Sunetra Pawar accompanied by her husband and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar offered prayers at the Shreemant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati temple, in Pune earlier today.
Nationalist Congress Party candidate Sunetra Pawar and her sister-in-law and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) candidate Supriya Sule will file their nominations from the Baramati seat today.
"It's extraordinarily unfortunate, as the area where Salman Khan lives is a popular area and his family is clearly under pressure. It is obvious that the entire area where senior citizens go for a walk, the milkman, vegetable vendors come and children go to school for their early morning cla