India, April 11 -- Jay Pawar, son of Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, on Thursday got engaged to Rutuja Patil in a private ceremony held at a farmhouse in Ghotawade on the outskirts of Pune.

The engagement held at the Ajit Pawar-owned farmhouse was essentially a low-key affair, attended largely by close friends and family members. What made the occasion noteworthy however was the presence of Ajit Pawar's uncle, Nationalist Congress Party/NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar/SP) president, Sharad Pawar.

Despite the ongoing political divide between the nephew-uncle duo, Sharad Pawar attended the family event accompanied by his wife Pratibha Pawar and daughter and Baramati MP Supriya Sule. Yogendra Pawar, Ajit Pawar's nephew who contested...