Legacy and rifts: A brief outline of the Pawar family's illustrious past
The Pawar family's political influence has only increased as Sunetra Pawar, the deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar's wife, is expected to join the Rajya Sabha. Despite internal strife, the family has dominated Maharashtra politics for three generations.
The pantheon of Maharashtra's dynastic politicians has gained another Pawar name with the upcoming induction of Sunetra Pawar into the Rajya Sabha. Sunetra is poised to become the fifth Pawar to hold public office, with family patriarch Sharad Pawar already serving in the Rajya Sabha, his daughter Supriya Sule in the Lok Sabha, and his nephew Ajit and grandnephew Rohit in the Maharashtra Assembly.
Despite the Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) split, Sunetra's elevation to the Rajya Sabha after losing the Lok Sabha election in her family's bastion of Baramati shows the Pawar family's influence in Maharashtra politics.
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