THE REAL PAWAR STRUGGLE

LOYALTIES IN THE FAMILY BASTION OF BARAMATI ARE DIVIDED AS THE FEUD BETWEEN SHARAD PAWAR AND NEPHEW AJIT SEES SUPRIYA SULE PITTED AGAINST SISTER-IN-LAW SUNETRA

- DHAVAL S. KULKARNI

For the 6,200-odd voters of Katewadi, a village in the Baramati Lok Sabha constituency that goes to the polls on May 7, the decision on who to vote for is not incumbent on any discussion on the merits and demerits of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress. It is not even centered around Maharashtra's ruling Mahayuti (grand alliance) and the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). Rather it revolves around saheb (veteran politician Sharad Pawar) and dada (his nephew Ajit Pawar).