Pune, June 13 (UNI) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's wife, Sunetra Pawar, will be made Rajya Sabha member, said Pune Nationalist Congress Party (AP) president Deepak Mankar here on Thursday.

Mankar said: "Sunetra tai will be send to Rajya Sabha. It was decided last night Sunetra Pawar's name will be nominated for the June 25 Rajya Sabha by-elections."

It was finalised in a meeting called by Ajit Pawar with party ministers at his official residence in Mumbai, added Mankar.

Mankar said the party workers had already raised the demand to nominate her for Rajya Sabha and it was finally okayed.

Sunetra Pawar lost from Baramati in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections against NCP (SP) candidate Supriya Sule.

Mankar said that NCP (AP) working president Praful Patel proposed the name of Sunetra Pawar in the meeting and asked the ministers to express their views.

Agriculture Minister Dhananjay Munde supported Praful Patel's proposal saying that it will boost the morale of party workers.

The election is likely to take place unopposed as the Mahayuti has 180 MLAs.

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