Mumbai, Jan. 31 -- Late Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra Pawar, who was sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister holding the portfolios of sports and state excise, resigned as NCP's Rajya Sabha MP at 3 pm today.
Later, Maharashtra Governor Devvrat administered the oath of office to her at 5 pm on Saturday at the Raj Bhavan, hours after she was elected by the Ajit Pawar-led NCP as its legislative party leader at the Vidhan Bhavan, at 2 pm.
After she was elected as the NCP's legislative party leader, Sunetra Pawar resigned as NCP's Rajya Sabha MP.
Sunetra Pawar will also contest the bypolls to the Baramati Assembly constituency in Pune district, which has now fallen vacant after her husband's Ajit Pawar's tragic and untimely demise...