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Sunetra Pawar on Saturday took oath as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, becoming the first woman to take this post. She took the oath days after after her
husband, Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar, died in a plane crash in Baramati. Currently a Rajya Sabha MP, Sunetra was unanimously elected as the party’s legislative leader after a meeting took place at the Legislative Building.
Steps up after tragedy
Until the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Sunetra Pawar maintained a low public profile. She contested from Baramati as the NCP candidate that year but lost to her sister-in-law and incumbent NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule. She was later elected to the Rajya Sabha.
