Sunetra Pawar oath-taking Highlights: ‘Confident that she will work tirelessly…' - PM Modi congratulates new Deputy CM

Sunetra Pawar news LIVE: Sunetra Pawar has been allocated the Excise and Sports ministries. The Finance portfolio which was held by Ajit Pawar was allocated to CM Devendra Fadnavis

Sunetra Pawar news LIVE: After Sunetra Pawar was sworn in as the Dy CM, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated her, via a social media post. “Congratulations to Sunetra Pawar ji on beginning her tenure as the first woman Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. I am confident that she will work tirelessly for the welfare of the people of the state and will carry forward the dreams of the late Ajitdada Pawar,” PM Modi wrote on X

Sunetra Pawar news LIVE: “This is a very difficult time. In such a situation, after making her the Deputy Chief Minister, we are now getting a positive angle, and the party is receiving a new direction," NCP leader Sana Malik told news wire PTI

Sunetra Pawar news LIVE: Born in 1963 in Osmanabad (now Dharashiv), Sunetra Pawar comes from a Maratha family with deep political roots. She is a passionate environmentalist, and has devoted her time into various areas spanning education and social upbringing of students, women empowerment, more, as per her website. Read here

Sunetra Pawar news LIVE: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLAs chanted ‘Ajit Dada amar rahe (long live Ajit Dada)' as Pawar's widow took oath as the Maharashtra Deputy CM

Sunetra Pawar news LIVE: Sunetra Pawar has been sworn in as the Maharashtra Deputy CM – making her the first woman in the state to take on the role

Sunetra Pawar news LIVE: Maharashtra Ministers Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Chhagan Bhujbal, NCP leader Praful Patel have arrived at the Lok Bhavan ahead of Sunetra Pawar's oath-taking ceremony

Sunetra Pawar news LIVE: Preparations are underway for the swearing-in ceremony of late Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra Pawar as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. She would be sworn in at 5pm

Sunetra Pawar news LIVE: NCP leaders, including Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare and Chhagan Bhujbal, met Maharashtra CM Fadnavis at Varsha Bungalow, and submitted a letter on the election of Sunetra Pawar as the party's legislature party leader

Sunetra Pawar news LIVE: Sunetra Pawar would be sworn in as the Mahrashtra Deputy CM at 5pm

Sunetra Pawar news LIVE: NCP leaders met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis after Rajya Sabha MP Sunetra Pawar, was elected as the leader of the NCP legislature party. The meeting took place ahead of Sunetra Pawar’s swearing-in as Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister later today

Sunetra Pawar news LIVE: Sunetra Pawar disclosed her total income in the Income Tax Return filed for the financial year 2022-23 as ₹4,22,21,010, as per the affidavit she filed ahead of the Lok Sabha Election 2024. Read here

Sunetra Pawar news LIVE: – During the legislature party meetin, Rajya Sabha MP Sunetra Pawar was unanimously elected as the leader of the NCP legislature party.

– She is also set to be the party’s nominee for the deputy chief minister post in the Mahayuti government.

– Her nomination was proposed by senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal, reported HT

Sunetra Pawar news LIVE: Sunetra Pawar was elected the NCP legislature party leader at the party meeting held at Vidhan Sabha today. She would take oath as Deputy CM at 5pm

Sunetra Pawar news LIVE: Senior leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar faction), Jayant Patil, has made a major revelation about the party's efforts to merge with another faction, citing the late Ajit Pawar's insistence on unity. Patil, who has been leading the merger talks, stated that he had taken the consent of all party members before proceeding with the discussions, reported ANI

Sunetra Pawar news LIVE: Sunetra Pawar reaches Vidhan Bhavan to attend NCP Legislature Party meeting for her election as its leader.

The legislature party meeting will be held at 2 pm in the Vidhan Bhavan office, following which Sunetra Pawar is expected to take oath as the deputy chief minister.

NCP leaders Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare met Sunetra Pawar at the official residence of her late husband Ajit Pawar on Saturday ahead of the legislature party meeting, PTI reported.

NCP working president Patel and the party's state chief Tatkare held parleys with Sunetra Pawar on the current political situation.

Addressing a press conference in Baramati, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar said on Saturday, "We didn't know about the swearing-in. We found out about it through news reports. I have no idea about the swearing-in," he said, when asked if anyone from the Pawar family would be attending the ceremony. Read Sharad Pawar's full statement here