Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who is locked in an electoral battle against his nephew Yugendra Pawar in Baramati, on Saturday said his aunt Pratibha Pawar never campaigned in the past

On Wednesday, Ajit Pawar addressed meetings in Baramati in the morning, campaigned in Beed for NCP candidate Yogesh Kshirsagar in the afternoon, and later joined a rally for colleague Vijaysinh Pandit in Georai.

Addressing a rally, Ajit Pawar, the head of the ruling Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), sought to know his aunt's 'sudden affinity' towards her grandnephew Yugendra, who has been fielded by her husband Sharad Pawar's NCP (SP) from the family's home turf.

The Pawar family is facing off in the Baramati constituency for the Maharashtra assembly polls. Ajit Pawar, who recently split from the Nationalist Congress Party, is vying for the seat against his nephew,