Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sunetra Pawar, wife of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, filed her nomination for the upcoming Rajya Sabha by-election at Vidhan Bhawan in Mumbai on Thursday.
NCP leaders Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare and Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal were present during the nomination process.
The bypoll was necessitated by the resignation of NCP leader Praful Patel, who was re-elected in February this year, after two years in office.
The elections are to be held on June 26, today is the last date for filing nominations.
Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal said the core group of the party has unanimously decided to nominate Sunetra Pawar for the Rajya Sabha seat."Many people including me wanted that seat but after discussion we have decided that Sunetra Pawar should be sent to Rajya Sabha. I am not at all angry with this decision. This decision has been taken in the interest of the party." Bhujbal told reporters in Mumbai.
Sunetra Pawar, who recently lost the Lok Sabha election from Baramati to her sister-in-law and NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule, was elected following a proposal from the NCP (Ajit Pawar) Pune unit.The Pune unit of NCP (Ajit Pawar) passed a resolution demanding that Sunetra Pawar be sent to the Rajya Sabha and made a minister in the central government.
Speaking to ANI on Thursday, Mankar said, "We all know that we could not succeed in Baramati; our Vahini (sister-in-law) lost from Baramati, but what we need to understand is that winning and losing in elections is part of politics. Is."
"We know that former PM Indira Gandhi also lost after the Emergency but she made a strong comeback. Sunetra Pawar is also very strong; she has been with Ajit Pawar for the last 40 years and has a lot of experience in working with different people Therefore, there is a demand from party workers from various areas that Sunetra Pawar should be sent to Rajya Sabha and given a ministerial post in the Central Government."
NCP leaders Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare and Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal were present during the nomination process.
The bypoll was necessitated by the resignation of NCP leader Praful Patel, who was re-elected in February this year, after two years in office.
The elections are to be held on June 26, today is the last date for filing nominations.
Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal said the core group of the party has unanimously decided to nominate Sunetra Pawar for the Rajya Sabha seat."Many people including me wanted that seat but after discussion we have decided that Sunetra Pawar should be sent to Rajya Sabha. I am not at all angry with this decision. This decision has been taken in the interest of the party." Bhujbal told reporters in Mumbai.
Sunetra Pawar, who recently lost the Lok Sabha election from Baramati to her sister-in-law and NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule, was elected following a proposal from the NCP (Ajit Pawar) Pune unit.The Pune unit of NCP (Ajit Pawar) passed a resolution demanding that Sunetra Pawar be sent to the Rajya Sabha and made a minister in the central government.
Speaking to ANI on Thursday, Mankar said, "We all know that we could not succeed in Baramati; our Vahini (sister-in-law) lost from Baramati, but what we need to understand is that winning and losing in elections is part of politics. Is."
"We know that former PM Indira Gandhi also lost after the Emergency but she made a strong comeback. Sunetra Pawar is also very strong; she has been with Ajit Pawar for the last 40 years and has a lot of experience in working with different people Therefore, there is a demand from party workers from various areas that Sunetra Pawar should be sent to Rajya Sabha and given a ministerial post in the Central Government."
