“Dadach yeil pan ghasun yeil (Ajit Dada will win, however by a low margin). I voted for Tutari and I’ve all the time been with Pawar Saheb. Nevertheless, I feel Dada will win, though by a low margin,” stated a voter after strolling out of Shrimant Shabhusingh Maharaj Excessive Faculty and Junior School, simply after Sharad Pawar solid his vote there.
Sonali Tawre, a voter at Mayuresh Main and Larger Secondary faculty in Morgaon, stated: “We reside in Baramati metropolis and looking out on the growth Ajit Dada has performed there I feel he’ll win.”
A bunch of males sitting outdoors one other polling station stated the election was tough to foretell. “Who can say who will win? It’s a wrestling match and anybody can win it,” stated one in every of them. One other joined the dialogue and stated, “Ghadyal (clock, NCP Ajit Pawar’s election image) will win for positive.”
A victory for Ajit Pawar, or a consequence tough to foretell, is what most individuals instructed The Indian Specific concerning the hotly contested seat.
With undisputed domination, the Pawar household has gained Baramati in each election since 1967. Sharad Pawar held the seat from 1967 to 1991, after which Ajit Pawar took over. Now, in a battle of status throughout the household, Ajit is contesting to defend the seat in opposition to nephew Yugendra Pawar.
Ajit break up with Nationalist Congress Get together (NCP) final yr, taking away most of Sharad Pawar’s MLAs. He joined the ruling BJP–Sena alliance and took on the mantle of Deputy Chief Minister together with Devenda Fadanvis.
Nevertheless, within the Lok Sabha election held six months in the past, Sharad Pawar reasserted his dominance. The NCP (S-P) gained eight seats whereas Ajit’s faction managed just one. The Baramati Lok Sabha noticed an identical household battle then, with Ajit fielding his spouse Sunetra in opposition to cousin and sitting MP Supriya Sule. Sule gained by a cushty margin, which led to Ajit declaring many a time after the consequence that pitting household in opposition to household was a mistake. The consequence on Sunday will reveal how this second household battle will pan out.
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