Sunetra Pawar takes oath as Mah’s 1st woman Dy CM
Published on: Feb. 1, 2026, 5:30 a.m. | Source: The Hitavada
sunetra pawar on saturday became the first woman deputy chief minister of maharashtra and was allotted excise, sports, minority development and aukaf departments, but not finance and planning which her late husband ajit pawar held. the brief swearing-in ceremony at the lok bhavan here took place three days after ajit pawar, ncp president and a deputy chief minister in the bjp-shiv sena-ncp ‘mahayuti’ government, died in an air crash in baramati on january 28. finance and planning department was not allocate
