Battle for Baramati a BJP ploy to ‘finish off’ Sharad Pawar: Supriya Sule
The Hindu
Supriya Sule claimed that the fight between her and her sister-in-law is a design of the BJP to politically finish off NCP founder Sharad Pawar.
Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule claimed on March 31 that the fight between her and her sister-in-law Sunetra Pawar in Baramati constituency is a design of the BJP to politically finish off NCP founder Sharad Pawar.
Ms. Sule said the intra-family duel in the Lok Sabha polls will not waver her respect for Sunetra Pawar as she is her “elder brother’s wife and like a mother”.
Baramati, the home turf of Sharad Pawar, is set for a high-profile battle after the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on March 30 fielded Sunetra Pawar, wife of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, against Sule.
The NCP (SP) has fielded three-term MP and Sharad Pawar’s daughter Ms. Sule in the constituency.
The Pawar-versus-Pawar tussle is the fallout of a split in the original NCP last year when Ajit Pawar sided with the ruling BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena along with his loyalist MLAs.
Speaking to PTI, Ms. Sule said Sunetra Pawar is the wife of her “elder brother and the elder sister-in-law is considered as mother”.
“So this ploy (to pit Sunetra against Sule) is against the Pawar family and Maharashtra. The BJP wants to finish off Pawar Saheb. I am not saying this. A senior BJP leader made such a remark after visiting Baramati,” Ms. Sule said.
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