Sunetra Pawar Takes Oath As Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Amid 'Ajit Dada Amar Rahe' Chants

Sunetra Pawar, the wife of Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar, took oath as Maharashtra's first woman Deputy Chief Minister today, days after her husband and four others died in a plane crash in Baramati.

Sunetra Pawar, 62, was unanimously elected as the NCP Legislature Party leader earlier today. Her name was proposed by party leader Chhagan Bhujbal and seconded by Dilip Patil and a host of other MLAs. A letter informing of this decision was sent to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who then forwarded it to Governor Acharya Devvrat.