Rajya Sabha Chairman C. P. Radhakrishnan administered the oath to Parth Pawar, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader from Maharashtra, as he became a Member of Parliament. Pawar, aged 35, took the oath in English in the presence of several leaders, including J. P. Nadda and Jairam Ramesh. He is the son of the late NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who tragically passed away in a plane crash earlier this year.
Parth Pawar, who contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections but was defeated, was elected to the Rajya Sabha with the support of NCP’s 40 MLAs in the state Assembly. In a related development, NCP(SP) Legislator Rohit Pawar urged the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President to withdraw the party nominee for an unopposed election of NCP candidate Sunetra Pawar in the Baramati by-election on April 23. This request comes as a tribute to Ajit Pawar, whose untimely demise led to Sunetra Pawar assuming office as Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister.
Rohit Pawar emphasized the importance of the unopposed election in memory of Ajit Pawar and urged the Congress party to make a decision on the withdrawal of their nominee. Sunetra Pawar had previously approached the Congress leadership twice for an unopposed path, with the final decision now pending with the party’s “High Command” in Delhi. The Congress party has been urged to consider the emotional aspect of the election as a tribute to Ajit Pawar’s legacy.
