Sunetra Pawar to Lead NCP as National President on Feb 26: Praful Patel

• Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar will assume the role of NCP national president on February 26.
• The announcement was made by senior party leader Praful Patel on Wednesday.
• This leadership transition follows the death of Sunetra's husband, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, in a plane crash on January 28.
• Patel stated the party is filling the leadership vacuum after Ajit Pawar's demise.
• Ajit Pawar and four others died when their chartered plane crashed near Baramati in Pune district.