Mumbai, Jan. 31 -- Nationalist Congress Party MP Sunetra Pawar and the widow of Ajit Pawar is set to take oath as the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister on Saturday, party spokesperson Rupali Patil Thombare said.

Ajit Pawar, 66, died in a plane crash on January 28, after which the Deputy CM post fell vacant.

Speaking to ANI, Rupali Patil Thombare said party leaders had urged Sunetra Pawar to decide on the Deputy CM post and emphasised the importance of timing in politics.

Thombare said, "Ajit dada's death was very shocking. He is not with us anymore. Sunetra Vahini (Sunetra Pawar) is grieving much more than all of us. She lost her husband all of a sudden. This is the fourth day since his death. We, the workers, have urged Vahini to forg...