India, April 16 -- Nationalist Congress Party Sharadchandra Pawar (NCP-SP) leader and MLA Rohit Pawar has begun campaigning for his aunt Sunetra Pawar ahead of the April 23 bypoll in Baramati, describing the contest as an emotional moment for supporters of the late Ajit Pawar.

The bypoll was necessitated following former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar's death in a plane crash, adding strong emotional undertones to the contest in the Pawar family's political bastion.

Rohit Pawar said he has been meeting party office-bearers, workers and citizens across the constituency, urging support for Sunetra Pawar as a mark of "faith and loyalty" towards Ajit Pawar and his work.

"This is not just an election, but a moment brought upon us by desti...