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As her status goes viral, Supriya Sule denies declaring herself as a candidate from Pune’s Baramati LS seat

The WhatsApp status mentions Sule as a candidate from Baramati and carries the ‘tutari’ or the man blowing the trumpet symbol.

Supriya SuleThe WhatsApp status mentions Sule as a candidate from Baramati and carries the ‘tutari’ or the man blowing the trumpet symbol. (Illustration by Atikh Rashid)

MP Supriya Sule of the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) faction on Friday denied that she announced her candidature from the Baramati Lok Sabha seat but admitted that she has sought a ticket from her party, the Maha Vikas Aghadi and the INDIA bloc to contest the upcoming elections.

“How can I announce my own candidature? It is for my party, the MVA and the INDIA bloc to decide my candidature from Baramati. I am waiting for them to make an announcement,” Sule told The Indian Express on Friday.

The Lok Sabha MP’s clarification comes after her Whatsapp status, which mentions her as the candidate from Baramati Lok Sabha seat and carries the ‘tutari’ (man blowing trumpet) symbol, went viral.

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Sule said she had put up the status to inform people about the new symbol of the party. “We have a new symbol. We have a job of apprising people about the new party symbol. We are taking to different means to ensure our party symbol becomes popular,” she said.

Sule has so far fought three Lok Sabha elections. In all the three, she has won from Baramati with a huge margin of votes. She has also served as the Rajya Sabha MP for which her father Sharad Pawar had taken help of Shiv Sena supremo late Balasaheb Thackeray.

Sule is likely to face a challenge from her sister-in-law Sunetra Pawar, who is the wife of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. Sunetra has also started campaigning in the Baramati constituency. Ajit Pawar has appealed to people in Baramti to vote only for the “candidate of his choice” if they want to ensure the progress of Baramati.

Meanwhile, Sule has complained that her cousin Ajit Pawar is refusing to take her calls regarding the development issues of Baramati. She told The Indian Express that he is not even returning the calls.

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“I have been praised by none other than President Droupadi Murmu. She has praised my parliamentary performance as well as my work as an MP in the Baramati Lok Sabha constituency,” said Sule.

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