Sunetra Pawar, wife of the late Ajit Pawar, has been unanimously elected as the leader of the NCP legislature party in Maharashtra and is set to become the state's first woman Deputy Chief Minister.

'I don't know if she is doing it willingly or not, but she is respecting the sentiments of the party.'

NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar claims he is unaware of reports that his daughter-in-law, Sunetra Pawar, will be sworn in as the Maharashtra deputy chief minister, stating he learned about it through media reports.