Mumbai, March 4 -- Nationalist Congress Party-SCP MP Supriya Sule on Wednesday expressed her heartfelt gratitude to the allies of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), particularly the Congress and the Shiv Sena-UBT, for naming her father, Sharad Pawar, for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.

Speaking to ANI, Sule said, "I am eternally grateful to the Congress and Shiv Sena for the large-heartedness they have shown."

Her remarks come following Congress MLA Vijay Wadettiwar's, who earlier said that the party high command has approved the veteran politician's candidature from the MVA for the upcoming polls in the upper house.

"We have received a sign from the high command... Sharad Pawar will be the candidate from Maha Vikas Aghadi... As a nation...