Yet another political family split on Thursday when Bhagyashree Atram, the daughter of the Nationalist Congress Party minister Dharamraobaba Atram, left her father to return to the Sharad Pawar faction. Bhagyashree is expected to challenge her estranged father in the Aheri Assembly constituency (reserved for the scheduled tribes) in Gadchiroli district.

NCP-SP state president Jayant Patil inducted Bhagyashree in a public rally at Aheri, which is known for the erstwhile royal family (Gond kingdom) the Atram father and daughter belong to.