Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar is expected to return to the direct electoral fray in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Pawar, whose Rajya Sabha term ends next year, said he could contest from Madha, which he represented between 2009 and 2014.

Pawar said after a review meeting in Pune that Madha's sitting MP Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil had requested him to represent the party. Mohite-Patil took the seat after Pawar decided not to contest Lok Sabha polls. In 2009, Pawar had shifted to Madha from Baramati, which went to his daughter Supriya Sule. The NCP won four seats in 2014, adding Bhandara-Gondia in a by-election last year.