India, Nov. 19 -- For the 398 seats across 17 municipal councils in Pune district, 2,671 candidates have filed nominations. For the post of council president in these 17 bodies, 193 candidates have submitted their papers.

In the Baramati Municipal Council, a fresh round of rivalry within the Pawar family is set to play out in the polls, with the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party and the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) preparing to contest against each other on their home turf.

Yugendra Pawar, who is overseeing the NCP (SP)'s campaign in Baramati, said voters should now give the NCP (SP)-led alliance an opportunity. "For 25 years, residents handed control of the municipal council to Ajit Pawar. T...