New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- Sunetra Pawar, wife of late Ajit Pawar, would take oath as the next Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra at 5 PM on Saturday, 31 January. She would also be appointed as the Chief of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

Ahead of the swearing-in ceremony, NCP has called its MLAs meeting at Vidhan Bhavan at 2.00 pm - where Sunetra is set to be named as its leader, state minister Chhagan Bhujbal said on Friday, 30 January.

The announcement comes days after Ajit Pawar's death. The former Deputy CM passed away on Wednesday, 28 January in a plane crash near Baramati airport.

Sunetra Pawar is currently a Rajya Sabha MP and not a member of either House of the Maharashtra legislature. However, the Baramati assembly seat in Pun...