Sunetra Pawar elected as NCP Legislature Party leader after Ajit Pawar’s demise

By  News On Air   Jan 31, 2026

Rajya Sabha MP Sunetra Pawar was unanimously elected as the leader of the NCP legislature party today during a meeting of the party’s legislature wing, held at the office of late Ajit Pawar in the Vidhan Bhavan complex in South Mumbai. This comes after the sudden demise of her husband and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash earlier this week. Sunetra Pawar’s name was proposed by senior NCP leader Dilip Walse Patil and seconded by Food and Civil Supplies Minister Chhagan Bhujbal. She is likely to be sworn in as the state Deputy Chief Minister today at a ceremony scheduled for 5 pm at Lok Bhavan in Mumbai.