India, March 25 -- Deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar, 62, will file her nomination on April 6 for the Baramati assembly bypolls scheduled on April 23, Maharashtra NCP president Sunil Tatkare announced on Tuesday.

The seat fell vacant following the death of her husband and late deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, 66, who was killed in a plane crash in Baramati on January 28. Ajit Pawar was elected from the seat on eight occasions.

Sunetra Pawar may win the bypoll unopposed as all political parties barring the Congress have refused to field a candidate opposite her. The NCP will also initiate discussions with opposition parties to build consensus on unopposed elections, Tatkare declared.

"I, along with the party's working president Prafu...