Amid ongoing Lok Sabha elections 2024, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the country's "vikas purush" during a rally in Baramati in Pune district. 

Campaigning for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 ended at 6 pm. Among the seats that will go to polls from the state is Baramati, where Pawar's wife Sunetra Pawar is pitted as the ruling alliance candidate against sitting MP and Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule.