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Rajya Sabha subordinate Sunetra Pawar, who is each acceptable to beryllium sworn successful arsenic Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister replacing her deceased hubby and NCP main Ajit Pawar successful the State cabinet, reached Mumbai connected Saturday (January 31, 2026).
She reached Devgiri, the authoritative residence of her precocious hubby successful southbound Mumbai, successful the wee hours, accompanied by lad Parth.
The 62-year-old leader, who is not a subordinate of either location of the Maharashtra legislature, volition beryllium elected arsenic person of the legislature helping of the Nationalist Congress Party astatine a gathering successful Mumbai connected Saturday (January 31, 2026) afternoon, and is each acceptable to instrumentality oath arsenic Maharashtra’s archetypal pistillate lawman CM.
The speech of imminent merger of NCP and the faction headed by enactment laminitis Sharad Pawar was gaining crushed pursuing Ajit Pawar's decease successful an aerial clang connected Wednesday, but sources successful NCP (SP) and Sharad Pawar's household said they were not privy to her determination to articulation the BJP-led Mahayuti government.
"The NCP (SP) enactment and Sharad Pawar's household members were wholly successful the acheronian astir her plans," a root said.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the BJP, which heads the ruling confederation Mahayuti, would enactment immoderate determination taken by the household and enactment of precocious Ajit Pawar.
"The NCP volition instrumentality immoderate determination it has to instrumentality for the station of lawman main minister, and we volition enactment the decision. We are lasting down the household of Ajit Dada and the NCP," the Chief Minister told reporters successful Nagpur connected Friday (January 30).
Until the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Sunetra Pawar had kept a debased profile. In the Lok Sabha elections that year, she contested from Baramati arsenic the campaigner of her husband's party, but was defeated by her sister-in-law and incumbent NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule successful the prestige battle.
Sunetra Pawar was subsequently elected to the Rajya Sabha.
The NCP's legislature helping volition clasp a gathering successful Mumbai connected Saturday (January 31, 2026) day wherever she would beryllium named arsenic its leader, State curate and elder enactment person Chhagan Bhujbal said.
