Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar, wife of former Deputy CM and NCP Chief, late Ajit Pawar, on Saturday cast her vote for the Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections.
Addressing a press conference, Pawar said, "I am happy that Sunetra Pawar is sworn in as Deputy CM....Merger discussions were held between Ajit Pawar and Jayant Patil. CM Fadnavis was not involved in the talks. What right did he have to talk about it?"
National Working President of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Praful Patel on Tuesday clarified that he is not in the running for the NCP national president position, emphasising that the party will follow a democratic process to decide on the leadership.
Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Monday suggested a "conspiracy" behind the death of former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash, saying that 80 per cent of the state believes that "something fishy" is going on.
Shiv Sena (UBT) mouthpiece Saamana on Monday raised concerns over the "hasty" appointment of Sunetra Pawar as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra following the death of her husband Ajit Pawar, and called it a "second shock" allegedly orchestrated by Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief
Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, CM Fadnavis said, "NCP's decisions are taken by the party itself. We have no objection to Parth Pawar. If there were any merger talks, Ajit Dada would have told me."
Amid heavy hearts and chants of 'Ajit dada amar rahe,' the widow of late Ajit Pawar, Sunetra Pawar, stepped into fill the vacant post of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister as she took oath of office at Lok Bhavan in Mumbai.
Reacting to the elevation of Sunetra Pawar, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and wife of late Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, State Minister Ashish Shelar and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader expressed confidence that she would cont
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchand Pawar) MLA Rohit Pawar on Saturday congratulated on taking oath as the first woman Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.