A political hotbed of Baramati is bracing up for yet another family feud. This time around, Ajit Pawar has been challenged by his nephew Yugendra Pawar, who was named officially by the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar) that announced a 45-candidate list on Thursday evening.

Ajit leads a rebel faction of the NCP, and Yugendra is with granduncle Sharad Pawar’s faction. The family split post the party split in 2023, and a year later the Pawars witnessed an electoral fight between the members, who till then vouched for their unity. Yugendra and his father Shriniwas, who is Ajit’s brother, remained with Pawar senior. The rest of the family campaigned against Ajit’s wife Sunetra who contested the Baramati Lok Sabha seat against sister-in-law Supriya Sule.