New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- Following the demise of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a place crash in Baramati, a group of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders calling for Rajya Sabha MP Sunetra Pawar to step into her late husband's shoes.

Reacting to the development, Congress leader Udit Raj has said that politics ignores traditional mourning customs, and noted that bereaved families usually abstain from celebrations or festivals.

Raj said that it displayed how political compulsions can override the period of mourning.

"When someone dies, nothing is done for 12-13 days...They don't celebrate any festivals or anything throughout the year. But politics disregards all rituals and traditions. They didn't wait for 13 days...Bu...