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Sunetra Pawar steps into leadership as Maharashtra's first woman Deputy Chief Minister amid challenges following her husband's tragic death.
Her gaze fixed on the floor, pallu firmly tucked over both shoulders, sadness in her eyes and a quiet demeanour. That is how Sunetra Pawar, mother of two sons and wife of former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP supremo Ajit Pawar, walked into Maharashtra’s Vidhan Bhavan on Saturday (January 31, 2026). Flanked by party leaders, she strode quietly to the NCP office in Mumbai and paid floral tributes to the photo of her husband, who was killed in a plane crash on January 28. It was here that the party, which her husband formed three years ago along with several regional satraps after rebelling against uncle Sharad Pawar, chose her unanimously as its leader on Saturday.

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