India, April 13 -- When state Congress chief Harshvardhan Sapkal announced that his party would contest the assembly by-election in Baramati opposite deputy CM Sunetra Pawar, he was ridiculed by the ruling parties and even Congress allies. Some of his party colleagues too were opposed to the move. Sapkal was criticised for not following Maharashtra's political tradition, where, in the event of a prominent politician dying, parties do not field a candidate if the politician's kin choose to stand in the subsequent by-election. On social media, Sapkal was trolled for contesting a seat where the Congress candidate would probably have lost even his deposit. The state Congress chief, however, stuck to his guns, pointing out that there were seve...