"Baramati Is Me, I Am Baramati": Supriya Sule Weeks Ahead Of Poll Fight

Three-time MP Surpiya Sule told NDTV in an exclusive interview that she is born and raised in Baramati and connected to its soil

Weeks ahead of her poll face-off with sister-in-law Sunetra Pawar, three-time Baramati MP Supriya Sule has said she is contesting a Lok Sabha election and not against any individual. Ms Sule, working president of the NCP faction led by her father and veteran politician Sharad Pawar, told NDTV in an exclusive interview that she is born and raised in Baramati and connected to its soil. "Baramati is me and I am Baramati," she said.

The Baramati Lok Sabha seat near Pune has been a Pawar family stronghold for decades now. After Sharad Pawar, Ms Sule has represented Baramati for three terms in a row. But this election is different.

The NCP has been split due to the mutiny led by Sharad Pawar's nephew and Ms Sule's cousin Ajit Pawar. The junior Pawar, who has been cleared to use the party's name and symbol, is now a part of the Maharashtra government with BJP and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.