Parth Pawar eyes Sharad Pawar's RS MP seat for full six-year term

Mumbai, Feb. 5 -- The late Deputy CM Ajit Pawar's son Parth Pawar is keen on Sharad Pawar's Rajya Sabha MP seat which is likely to become vacant by April 2026, and he is not keen to contest his mother Sunetra Pawar's Rajya Sabha seat, party sources said.

According to sources, Parth Pawar is not keen to contest the Rajya Sabha MP seat from which his mother Sunetra Pawar resigned before she was sworn in because this would give him only a "partial" term in the Rajya Sabha.

However, Parth Pawar is keen on a "full term" of six years in the Rajya Sabha and this is possible only if he contests Sharad Pawar's Rajya Sabha MP seat, whose term will end by April 2026, sources said.

According to sources, Sharad Pawar and the late Ajit Pawar's sons, P...