India, April 23 -- Ahead of Thursday's Baramati bypolls, deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar has appealed to voters to support her in memory of her late husband, former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, saying the constituency must continue the work and vision he had planned for the region.

Polling for the Baramati by-election will be held on Thursday, with 23 candidates, including Sunetra Pawar, contesting the seat.

While Sunetra Pawar is considered the clear frontrunner, political observers are closely watching whether she can secure the kind of massive victory margins that Ajit Pawar regularly achieved from the constituency.

The bypoll was necessitated following Ajit Pawar's death in a plane crash near Baramati airport on January 28...