Sunetra Pawar Resigns from Rajya Sabha Following Baramati By-Election Victory
Sunetra Pawar resigns as Rajya Sabha member after Baramati bypoll win
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Sunetra Pawar, the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra and president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), resigned from her position as a Rajya Sabha member after winning the Baramati assembly bypoll by a record margin of 218,034 votes. Her resignation comes just days after her election victory.
- 01Sunetra Pawar won the Baramati assembly bypoll with a record margin.
- 02She resigned from the Rajya Sabha two days after her victory.
- 03Pawar became Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra following her husband's death.
- 04Her husband, Ajit Pawar, passed away in a plane crash.
- 05She was sworn in as a Rajya Sabha member in June 2024.
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Sunetra Pawar, the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra and president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), has resigned from her position as a Rajya Sabha member. Her resignation follows her recent victory in the Baramati assembly by-election, where she secured a record margin of 218,034 votes. This bypoll was necessitated by the death of her husband, Ajit Pawar, who tragically passed away in a plane crash in Baramati. Sunetra Pawar was sworn in as a Rajya Sabha member in June 2024 after previously losing in the Lok Sabha polls. Her new role as Deputy Chief Minister began on January 31, shortly after her husband's death.
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Sunetra Pawar's resignation opens up a seat in the Rajya Sabha and strengthens her position in Maharashtra politics following her bypoll victory.
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