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Baramati was retained by the NCP, while Shirur by the Shiv Sena Shah said the Congress-NCP government had waived off farmers’ loans worth Rs 53,000 crore only once and it had benefitted around 3 crore farmers. PUNE: BJP national president Amit Shah on Saturday said his party was all set to make inroads in Sharad Pawar’s bastion Baramati in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, a day after the NCP chief dropped hint at joining the poll fray from Madha in Solapur.Shah claimed that the BJP alliance would outperform Rahul Gandhi-led Congress and Pawar-led NCP in Maharashtra by winning 45 seats, including Baramati. “Last time, we lost the Baramati seat by a very small margin. Had we fought the election on Lotus symbol in 2014, things would have been different. This time, we will contest on the party’s symbol,” Fadnavis said..