No opposition to Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra becoming NCP legislature party leader: Praful Patel

30 Jan 2026 Evaluate

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) working president Praful Patel said there is no opposition to late Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra becoming the new leader of the NCP legislature wing, but the family consent will be taken before filling the key post.

Speaking to reporters in Mumbai after the meeting with Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, Praful Patel said, ‘Ajit Pawar was the leader of the NCP legislature party and an important functionary of the ruling Mahayuti alliance. We are in the process of finalising the leadership transition’.

Patel said the priority now is to fill the Deputy Chief Minister and NCP legislature party leader posts, which were held by Ajit Pawar, and added that making appointment at the top organisational position (late leader was also party president) was not an issue currently. Patel insisted there was no question of opposing Sunetra Pawar's name to replace Ajit Pawar as the NCP legislature party leader.

Sunetra Pawar is currently a Rajya Sabha MP and not a member of the either house of the state legislature. However, the Baramati assembly seat in Pune district has fallen vacant after Ajit Pawar's death in a plane crash on Wednesday.


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