Sharad Pawar files nomination for Rajya Sabha

January 24, 2014 17:47

Stating that it was a "conscious" decision to quit electoral politics, Union Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar today filed his nomination papers for the biennial Rajya Sabha polls scheduled to be held on February 7.

Apart from Pawar, NCP's second candidate advocate Majid Memon also filed his papers.

They were accompanied by Union Minister Praful Patel, senior NCP leader D P Tripathi and state NCP chief Bhaskar Jadhav on the occasion. Pawar and Memon replace retiring NCP members Y P Trivedi and Janardhan Waghmare.

On his way to the house of elders, 73-year-old Pawar said, "I accept that I have aged. It was a conscious decision."

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