Rajya Sabha MP Sunetra Pawar, 62, is set to become Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister, filling the shoes of her la

Sunetra Pawar, the wife of late leader Ajit Pawar, is reportedly set to take oath as Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister, days after his untimely death in a plane crash that shocked Maharashtras political establishment.

Tragedy struck the nation on January 28 when Ajit Pawar and four others lost their lives in a plane crash near Baramati. Ajit Dada’s sudden demise has sent ripples through Maharashtra’s political arena, putting the proposed NCP-NSP-SP merger in uncertainty.

Sharad Pawar expressed surprise at Sunetra Pawar's appointment as Maharashtra deputy chief minister. He stated he had no prior knowledge of the swearing-in ceremony. Pawar revealed that his late nephew,

Ajit Pawar, who was deputy chief minister and finance minister in the Devendra Fadnavis-led Mahayuti government, was killed in a plane crash in Baramati along with four others on January 28.

After Ajit Pawar’s sudden death, NCP MLA Anil Patil backs Sunetra Pawar to lead the party and take oath as Maharashtra Deputy CM, even as merger talks with Sharad Pawar’s faction stall.

Mumbai: Sunetra Pawar, Rajya Sabha MP and wife of late NCP chief Ajit Pawar is set to take oath as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister today after her husband died in a plane crash in Baramati on January 28. She would be the first woman to hold the post in the state.

Calls are growing within the NCP to appoint Sunetra Pawar as Deputy Chief Minister following the tragic death of Ajit Pawar in a plane crash. Party leader and Maharashtra minister Narhari Zirwal said elevating Sunetra Pawar would be a fitting tribute to the late leader and help preserve the Pawar family’s political legacy.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party chief Ajit Pawar, 66, died in a plane crash in Baramati on Wednesday morning. Get all the Ajit Pawar Death News LIVE here on Mint.