Sunetra Pawar takes oath as Maharashtra''s first woman deputy Chief Minister
Following her husband, deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawars death in an air crash in Baramati on January 28, the Nationalist Congress Party, a constituent of the Mahayuti government, elected her as the leader of its legislature wing.
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Sunetra Pawar, 62, the wife of late NCP chief Ajit Pawar, was on Saturday sworn in as Maharashtra's first woman deputy Chief Minister at a ceremony in Mumbai. Following her husband, deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's death in an air crash in Baramati on January 28, the Nationalist Congress Party, a constituent of the Mahayuti government, elected her as the leader of its legislature wing. A letter to that effect was submitted to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who forwarded it to Governor Acharya Devvrat.
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