Mumbai, Jan. 31 -- Newly-appointed Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar has been allocated the portfolios of State Excise Duty, Sports and Youth Affairs and Minorities Development and Aukaf.

Notably, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis will now hold the portfolios of Planning and Finance, which were previously assigned to the late Ajit Pawar, former Deputy CM of Maharashtra.

Sunetra Pawar, leader of the Nationalist Congress Party and widow of Ajit Pawar, on Saturday took oath as the state's Deputy CM at Lok Bhavan in Mumbai.

Maharashtra Governor Acharya Devvrat administered the oath of office to Sunetra Pawar in the presence of Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Eknath Shinde.

She stepped into fill the post that be...