Sunetra Pawar Elected Group Leader, Set to Become Deputy CM Today

• Sunetra Pawar was unanimously elected as the group leader in a Nationalist Congress Party legislative meeting.
• The resolution for her election was moved by Chhagan Bhujbal and seconded by Hasan Mushrif, Valse Patil, and Dhananjay Munde.
• Senior party leaders including Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare, and all NCP ministers and MLAs attended the meeting.
• NCP leaders will inform the Chief Minister of Sunetra Pawar's election, who will then recommend her to Governor Acharya Devvrat for Deputy CM.
• Sunetra Pawar is scheduled to take the oath as Deputy Chief Minister at Raj Bhavan today at 5:30 PM.

Why It Matters: Sunetra Pawar is set to be sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister today after being elected as NCP's group leader.