Veteran Indian politician Sharad Pawar, president of the Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar (NCP-SP), has been hospitalised in Mumbai due to deteriorating health. In a post on social media on Tuesday evening, Pawar announced he would be unable to cast his vote in the Baramati Assembly bypoll, scheduled for April 23 in the Baramati constituency of Maharashtra, western India — a seat long considered a stronghold of the Pawar political family. Despite his absence, Pawar noted that his party has declared its support for Sunetra Ajit Pawar in the byelection, underscoring the continuing significance of the contest within his family's political legacy.