India, April 7 -- Nationalist Congress Party (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Monday declared that he will not take part in deputy chief minister and NCP president Sunetra Pawar's campaign for the Baramati assembly by-elections.

During a media interaction in New Delhi, the veteran leader said there was no need for him to campaign as his party has not fielded a candidate for the bypolls. He added that he took the decision as the head of the Pawar family and not as the NCP (SP) chief.

The bypolls for the Baramati assembly constituency, scheduled for April 23, were necessitated by the death of former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash on January 28. The NCP decided to field Ajit's widow and political successor, Sunetra Pawar....