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 died in a plane crash in Baramati.
Sunetra Pawar 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.