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Sunetra Pawar, woman of deceased NCP person Ajit Pawar, is apt to go the archetypal pistillate Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. The Nationalist Congress Party is going to clasp its Legislature Party gathering astatine 2 p.m. connected Saturday (January 31, 2026). The enactment volition take its Legislature Party person successful that meeting. A tiny swearing-in ceremonial is apt to hap thereafter, apical sources from NCP indicated to The Hindu connected Friday (January 30, 2026).
“There is nary question of immoderate different name. We are each unanimous that Sunetra Pawar volition person to support speech her grief and judge the presumption of Legislature Party. We volition pass the Chief Minister thereafter. And the swearing-in ceremonial for the presumption of the Deputy Chief Minister volition instrumentality place,” Chhagan Bhujbal, elder NCP person and Cabinet Minister told The Hindu successful Mumbai.
NCP authorities president Sunil Tatkare said, “We person called a gathering of our legislature enactment leaders time astatine 2 p.m. We expect that she volition stay present. We are going to talk with Sunetra vahini tonight. She has been engaged with the spiritual rituals truthful far.” The determination connected the nationalist president is not the precedence astatine present, a person said.
When asked astir it, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the authorities volition enactment the determination of the NCP. “They held a gathering with maine twice. The last determination volition beryllium taken by their party. We volition enactment them successful immoderate determination they take.” NCP leaders Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare, Chhagan Bhujbal and Dhananjay Munde met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis astatine his authoritative bungalow earlier successful the time connected Friday (January 30, 2026). The gathering lasted an hour. “We privation to instrumentality the determination of appointing a Legislature Party person soon. There is nary quality successful the sentiment of the enactment and the nationalist sentiment astir who our adjacent person should be. We privation to instrumentality this determination astatine the earliest. Please springiness america immoderate clip to speech with Sunetra Pawar,” Praful Patel said.
Ajit Pawar’s elder lad Parth Pawar is apt to beryllium the Rajya Sabha MP, replacing his parent Sunetra Pawar.
Political developments speeded up successful Maharashtra connected Friday, 3 days aft the abrupt and tragic demise of NCP supremo and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar successful an aerial clang astatine Baramati. His woman Sunetra Pawar is presently the party’s sitting Member of Parliament successful Rajya Sabha.
Differences successful NCP
Meanwhile, a divided was seen successful the NCP implicit the speculations of the reunification of NCP and NCP SP. Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Narhari Zhirwal sought that the 2 NCPs should reunite immediately. Several NCP SP leaders expressed a akin opinion. Ankush Kakde, elder NCP SP leader, said successful Pune, “This was Ajit Dada’s past wish. Whenever helium would conscionable me, helium would accidental that helium was restless that Saaheb had to spell done this symptom astatine this age. He wanted some the parties to reunite.” A elder NCP person adjacent to the Pawar household successful Baramati besides said that the parties volition reunite soon.
But erstwhile asked astir it, Chhagan Bhujbal said helium was not alert of immoderate specified connection oregon sentiments. “Right now, our precedence is to name a Legislature Party leader. That is what we are going to bash arsenic a party,” helium said. NCP sources hinted that the BJP would person to beryllium consulted earlier immoderate treatment of a apt reunification. Sources adjacent to the elder leaders successful the enactment denied immoderate anticipation of reunification. “There was a crushed for which Ajit Pawar had walked retired of Sharad Pawar’s NCP. Those who walked retired with Ajit Pawar connected July 2, 2023, are our household now. That household volition instrumentality the decision. There is nary question of the reunification of some the parties,” a elder person said connected information of anonymity.
