Senior Congress leader Sushil Kumar Shinde has said that he is "as good as" retiring from politics, and his daughter and MLA Praniti Shinde will contest the coming Lok Sabha election from Solapur in southern Maharashtra, reported news agency PTI.

Shinde, a former chief minister, represented the Solapur Lok Sabha constituency in 1998, 1999 and 2009, but lost to BJP candidates in 2014 and 2019. Praniti is a three-time MLA from Solapur City Central constituency.