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Sunetra Pawar resigns Rajya Sabha seat after Baramati bypoll win in shock-fast move
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Published on 6 May 2026
Two days after winning Baramati, she stepped down
Sunetra Pawar has resigned from her Rajya Sabha seat, just two days after a major victory in the Baramati assembly bypoll. She won by a record margin of over 2 lakh votes. Pawar became a Rajya Sabha member in June 2024, and she had been sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra on January 31.
- Sunetra Pawar quits her Rajya Sabha seat
- Resignation follows two days after Baramati bypoll win
- She won the bypoll by over 2 lakh votes
- She was sworn in as Maharashtra Deputy CM on Jan 31
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