After aiding Eknath Shinde in his coup which split Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is now eyeing Mr. Thackeray’s ally, NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s bastion of Baramati Lok Sabha constituency in Pune district.
Leaving no stone unturned to breach the impregnable constituency from the Pawar clan, senior BJP leader and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to visit the constituency in Pune district between August 16 and 18 in a bid to enthuse BJP cadre.
Ms. Sitharaman, who is expected to visit the Assembly segments in Baramati, will be interacting with the BJP workers and take stock of the party’s strength in a constituency which has been a stronghold of the Pawar family since the NCP’s formation in 1999.
