NEW DELHI: The Nationalist Congress Social gathering (NCP) on Thursday formally elected Maharashtra deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar as its new nationwide president, practically a month after the demise of her husband, Ajit Pawar, who held each positions on the time.Ajit Pawar died in a personal aircraft crash in his hometown of Baramati on January 28. The crash additionally claimed the lives of his private safety officer, each pilots, and a flight attendant, leaving no survivors.
On January 31, the NCP unanimously elected Sunetra Pawar because the chief of its legislative get together, one other place the place she succeeded Ajit. Hours later, she was sworn in as Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister. With six phrases the late NCP boss was the state’s longest-serving deputy CM.“The NCP is my household and I cannot depart any part of society behind. We are going to transfer forward by taking everybody alongside,” she instructed get together office-bearers and staff quickly afterwards, PTI reported.“I’ve seen Ajitdada try all through his life for the event of Maharashtra. We is not going to let his dream stay unfulfilled…Collectively we’ll accomplish it,” she added.Sunetra Pawar made her electoral debut within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, contesting the Baramati seat towards Ajit’s cousin, Supriya Sule, who retained the constituency—a longtime stronghold of the Pawar household—profitable her fourth consecutive time period.The NCP subsequently nominated Sunetra Pawar to the Rajya Sabha. To proceed as deputy CM, she has six months to safe election as a Maharashtra MLA or MLC.
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