Sunetra Pawar elected NCP national president after Ajit Pawar’s death
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Nearly a month after the death of Ajit Pawar, Sunetra Pawar was unanimously elected national president of the Nationalist Congress Party on Thursday.
The announcement was made by senior NCP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Praful Patel during a national executive meeting.
Patel said, “We have to elect a new National President in place of Ajit Dada Pawar; therefore, this national executive meeting has been convened today. I propose that Mrs. Sunetra Ajit Dada Pawar be elected as the National President of our Nationalist Congress Party.”
Following his proposal, Sunetra Pawar was confirmed in the role.
Earlier this month, three days after Ajit Pawar’s death, Sunetra Pawar became the first woman Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, receiving portfolios including excise, sports, minority development, and Aukaf. Ajit Pawar, who was serving as deputy chief minister in the BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP Mahayuti government, died in an air crash in Baramati on January 28.
Sunetra Pawar, 62, has resigned from her Rajya Sabha membership. She is currently not a member of either house of the Maharashtra legislature and may contest the by-election for the Baramati assembly constituency.