Mumbai, Jan. 30 -- Maharashtra may soon have its first woman Deputy Chief Minister.
Senior leaders and a majority of MLAs from the Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar faction) are reportedly pressing for the appointment of Sunetra Pawar, Rajya Sabha MP and wife of late Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, to the post. This has raised strong possibilities of her swearing-in in the near future.
Earlier in the day on Friday, NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) National Working President Praful Patel, State President and MP Sunil Tatkare, senior ministers Chhagan Bhujbal and Hasan Mushrif, along with former minister Dhananjay Munde, met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to discuss the party's future course. Following the meeting, Praful Patel stated that...