"He has transformed Baramati": Sunetra Pawar lauds husband Ajit Pawar ahead of Maharashtra polls
Oct 28, 2024
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], October 29 : Nationalist Congress Party leader Sunetra Pawar on Monday heaped praise on husband and party chief, Ajit Pawar saying that he has worked "earnestly and honestly" for the Baramati constituency.
The Baramati constituency in Maharashtra is again going to witness a high-stakes family battle as NCP leader Ajit Pawar will face his nephew Yugendra Pawar. He is the son of Ajit Pawar's younger brother Shrinivas Pawar.
"For the last 35 years, Ajit Pawar has been working in Baramati. He has transformed Baramati. He has worked for everyone...People want someone who works round the clock for them and they see that in him," Sunetra Pawar said while speaking to ANI.
Notably, Baramati also witnessed a high-profile battle in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, when Sunetra Pawar contested against NCP (SCP) candidate Supriya Sule. The latter won the contest by 1.5 lakh votes.
Further speaking on the 'Ladli Behen Yojana' introduced by the Mahayuti government in Maharashtra, which aims to improve the economic status of women in the state by transferring Rs 1500 through direct benefit transfer, Sunetra Pawar said that every woman in the state is happy with the current state of governance.
"All women are happy (Chief Minister Ladli Behna Yojana), they have gained respect, their own money, so every woman is very happy," she said.
Last week, NCP announced a list of 45 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections.
Both the ruling Mahayuti alliance and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi -- comprising the Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (Sharad Pawar faction), and Congress -- are leaving no stone unturned to secure victory in the upcoming assembly elections in the state.
The BJP is part of the ruling Mahayuti alliance alongside the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) and Ajit Pawar-led NCP.
The Maharashtra Assembly elections are scheduled for November 20, with counting for all 288 constituencies set for November 23.
In the 2019 assembly elections, the BJP won 105 seats, the Shiv Sena 56, and the Congress 44. In 2014, the BJP secured 122 seats, the Shiv Sena 63, and the Congress 42.
