The Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) continues to keep everyone guessing after it announced its support for Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) leader Supriya Sule for the Baramati Lok Sabha seat despite the breakdown in seat-sharing talks between the VBA and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi, which comprises of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), the Congress, and the NCP (SP).
Mr. Ambedkar, who has announced his intent of contesting the Lok Sabha alone, has said his party would back Ms. Sule (Mr. Pawar’s daughter) in the Baramati contest.
Ms. Sule, who is the MVA’s candidate, is pitted against her sister-in-law Sunetra Pawar (Ajit Pawar’s wife), who is the ruling Mahayuti’s candidate for the high-stakes Baramati seat, which is the bastion of the Pawar clan.
