Mumbai, May 4 -- Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sunetra Pawar on Monday expressed gratitude towards the public for supporting the party, as she emerged victorious in the Bye Election for Baramati Assembly Constituency.

Speaking with the media, she said that the party, through their votes, expressed faith in former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who died in a tragic plane crash in Baramati in January this year.

"The public has shown their trust, love, and sympathy for Dada (Ajit Pawar) through this voting," she said.

She further affirmed confidence in the victory of NDA in the assembly elections across West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry, amid the ongoing counting of votes.

"NDA governmen...