Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (January 31, 2026) heartily congratulated Sunetra Pawar, wife of late Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar, on becoming the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He said that hearty congratulations to Sunetra Pawar ji on starting her tenure as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
PM Modi shared the post on X
PM Modi wrote in a post shared on social media platform X, ‘Sunetra Pawar ji is the first woman to hold the responsibility of this post. I have full confidence that she will work with full devotion and dedication for the welfare of the people of the state and will realize the vision of late Ajitdada Pawar.
Best wishes to Sunetra Pawar Ji as she begins her tenure as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, the first woman to hold this responsibility. I am confident she will work tirelessly for the welfare of the people of the state and fulfill the vision of the late Ajitdada Pawar.…
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 31, 2026
echo in Lok Bhavan ‘Long live Ajit Pawar‘ slogans of
When Sunetra Pawar, wife of late NCP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of the state Ajit Pawar, took oath as the new Deputy Chief Minister at Lok Bhavan in Maharashtra. Immediately after this, slogans of Ajit Pawar remain immortal and Ajit Dada remain immortal started being raised in Lok Bhavan. After Sunetra Pawar took oath, State Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde greeted her with folded hands.
After Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash NCP chose the party leader
In fact, former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash in Baramati district of the state on Wednesday (January 28, 2026). There is a moment of mourning in the party and the state after the death of Ajit Pawar in the plane accident. After this, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) held a meeting of the legislature party on Saturday (January 31, 2026). In the meeting, Sunetra Pawar, wife of late NCP leader Ajit Pawar, was elected the head of the legislative party. After which Maharashtra Governor Acharya Devvrat administered oath to Sunetra Pawar as the first woman Deputy Chief Minister of the state at Lok Bhavan.
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