India, April 4 -- Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Sunetra Pawar will file her nomination on April 6 for the Baramati Assembly by-election in Pune district, party sources said on Friday.

The bypoll, scheduled for April 23, was necessitated following the death of her husband and former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash on January 28. Sunetra Pawar, currently a Rajya Sabha member, is set to contest from the family stronghold.

According to party sources, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde are expected to be present during the filing of her nomination papers, which will take place after a public meeting in Baramati.

Ajit Pawar, an eight-time MLA from Baramati, had mai...