Mumbai, May 7 -- Maharashtra deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) head Sunetra Pawar ceased to be a Member of Parliament on Wednesday after resigning from the Rajya Sabha, following her recent election as an MLA from Baramati. Pawar travelled to New Delhi earlier in the day and submitted her resignation to Vice President and Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radhakrishnan, which was subsequently accepted. She was accompanied by her elder son, Rajya Sabha MP Parth Pawar. "Having been elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, I have today tendered my resignation from membership of the Rajya Sabha. I am grateful to the people of Maharashtra for electing me to the Legislative Assembly, as well as for giving me the opportunity...