Sunetra Pawar Swearing-in Ceremony Live Updates: Sunetra Pawar is all set to become the first woman Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

Sunetra Pawar Oath Ceremony Live Updates: Rajya Sabha MP Sunetra Pawar will be sworn in as Maharashtra deputy chief minister on Saturday, replacing her late husband and NCP chief Ajit Pawar in the state cabinet. The 62-year-old leader, who is not a member of either House of the Maharashtra legislature, will be elected leader of the NCP’s legislative wing at a party meeting in Mumbai this afternoon. She is all set to become the first woman deputy chief minister of Maharashtra.

Steps forward after the tragedy: Until the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Sunetra Pawar maintained a low public profile. She ran for Baramati as a PCN candidate that year, but lost to her sister-in-law and incumbent PCN (SP) MP. Supriya Sule. She was later elected to the Rajya Sabha. State Minister and senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal confirmed that the legislative wing would formally appoint its leader on Saturday.

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Pawar family, party decisions diverge: Speculation about a possible reunification of NCP factions intensified after the death of Ajit Pawar, but sources in the NCP (SP) and Sharad Pawar’s family said they were unaware of Sunetra Pawar’s decision to join the BJP-led Mahayuti government. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis He said the BJP would support any decision taken by Ajit Pawar’s family and party. NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar distanced himself from the development, saying that he came to know about Sunetra Pawar’s swearing-in through media reports and that the decision seemed to have been taken by the NCP. He added that Ajit Pawar had wanted to unite both the factions and efforts had been launched in that direction.

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