The Nationalist Congress Party-Sharad Pawar faction on Saturday announced the names of five Lok Sabha candidates. The party has fielded Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule from the Baramati seat.
The Sharad Pawar's faction of the NCP has announced Amar Kale from Wardha seat, Bhaskar Bhagre from Dindori, Supriya Sule from Baramati, Amol Fox from Shirur, and Nilesh Lanka from Ahmednagar.
The eye-grabber nominee from the prestigious Ahmednagar constituency is Nilesh Lanke -- a loyalist of the ruling ally Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit A Pawar -- who quit as an MLA on Saturday morning.
The other highlight is doctor-turned-actor-turned-politician Amol R Kolhe from Shirur, while Bhaskar Bhagare will fight from Dindori and Amar Kale from Wardha.
NCP (Sharad Pawar) Sule will engage in a powerful battle of prestige to retain the Baramati seat from sister-in-law Sunetra - the wife of Ajit Pawar - who is nominated by the rival NCP from Baramati.
With this, the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has so far announced candidates in 34 out of the 48 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.
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