Speaking to the media, she said the people, through their votes, had expressed faith in late Deputy CM and her husband Ajit Pawar, who died in a tragic plane crash in Baramati in January. “The public has shown their trust, love, and sympathy for Dada (Ajit Pawar) through this voting,” she said

Sunetra Pawar has taken a commanding lead over her 22 opponents, none of whom managed to cross the 500-vote mark. Contesting her first assembly election, she is set for a landslide win, attributed to a sympathy wave and her family’s longstanding influence in the constituency