India, July 18 -- As signs of an internal rift within the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) become increasingly visible, a section of party office-bearers has pitched for the induction of her son and Rajya Sabha MP Parth Pawar into Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Union cabinet. The demand was made through a letter addressed to NCP president Sunetra Pawar.

Parth, Sunetra's elder son, was elected to the Rajya Sabha in April this year.

In a three-page letter, NCP vice-president Udaykumar Aher accused leaders within his own party of attempting to end Parth's political career by spreading misinformation about him. He argued that a berth in the Union cabinet would allow Parth to prove his abilities and silence his detractors.

"An unfair percep...