Amid the tussle within the Pawar family for the Baramati Lok Sabha seat, Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday countered Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's appeal to Baramati voters to elect the 'daughter-in-law of the Pawars' with an 'original' versus 'outsider' comment, reported news wire PTI.

Speaking at a programme of party workers in Baramati earlier this week, Ajit Pawar sought support for his wife in the Lok Sabha elections 2024 and sent out a message to the voters, telling them they have elected his uncle Sharad Pawar's daughter three times, but now they should elect his daughter-in-law. "This time elect the daughter-in-law (Sunetra Pawar)," the NCP leader had said.