India, April 7 -- NCP leader Parth Pawar on Monday said his party will not reach out to the Congress to seek an unopposed win in the assembly by-election in Baramati, where his mother and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar is contesting. He also warned that the Congress would face political consequences for entering the fray.

"We are not going to make any phone call to anyone (for withdrawal of nomination). Whatever is written in destiny, it will happen. But I am sad there is a downfall of Congress in Maharashtra," Parth Pawar told the media in Baramati on Monday.

The Congress has fielded Akash More for the by-election, scuttling the NCP's hope of an unopposed victory for its party chief - unless it withdraws from the race....