India, Jan. 6 -- Even as the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the NCP (SP) have formed an alliance for the upcoming civic polls in several municipal corporations across Maharashtra, senior leaders of NCP (SP) are conspicuously missing from the campaign, leaving Ajit Pawar to spearhead the joint campaign, particularly in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad.

Earlier, supremo Sharad Pawar had announced that he would not campaign in the upcoming elections and would not be involved in seat distribution talks, as he has empowered local leaders and workers to make decisions for civic polls.

Meanwhile, leaders, including Supriya Sule and Rohit Pawar, have not addressed a single public meeting so far in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. In these two key urba...