Mumbai, 4/7: The vertical split in the 25-year-old Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will have an impact in the Pune district and Western Maharashtra region, from where the party wins its largest share of seats.
This is going to be the biggest challenge for the Sharad Pawar-Supriya Sule faction as well as the Ajit Pawar-Praful Patel faction.
Western Maharashtra region, which comes under the Pune revenue division and comprises the districts of Pune, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur and Solapur, is known for its sugar-belt politics