Overview

• Ajit Pawar has deployed his Nilkantheshwar Panel in Baramati, casting his relative youth as an asset against 85-year-old rival Shankar Taware
• Sharad Pawar has floated the Baliraja Sahakar Bachav panel and cautioned voters not to sell their votes for short-term allurements
• Supriya Sule framed the contest as driven by co-operative movement principles rather than formal party lines
• Sharad Pawar pledged to address pollution in the Nira River caused by sugar mill waste during his campaign stops
• A total of 19,549 farmers and 102 institutional representatives will vote for 21 board seats on June 22, with results announced June 24