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Sunetra Pawar unanimously elected as NCP national president
- On February 26, 2026, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar was elected national president of the Nationalist Congress Party at the Worli Dome in Mumbai, marking a formal leadership transition.
- Following Ajit Pawar's death on January 28, the NCP held a national conference nearly a month later where leaders said clarity and unity shaped the decision.
- NCP national working president Praful Patel proposed Sunetra Pawar and Sunil Tatkare seconded the motion, while senior office-bearers and state representatives re-elected Patel and Tatkare at the meeting.
- Parth Pawar was nominated as the faction's Rajya Sabha candidate, and Praful Patel asked all 40 MLAs to back him while Sunetra Pawar was finalised for the Baramati Assembly by-election.
- Accepting the presidency in an emotional address, Sunetra Pawar said the responsibility would be challenging but not impossible, and she was named Guardian Minister for Pune and Beed with excise, sports, and minority development portfolios.
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Sunetra Pawar Unanimously Elected NCP National President, Parth Pawar Nominated for RS
At 62, Sunetra Pawar becomes the third national president of the NCP after Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar, and the party’s first woman national chief. She had assumed office as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra three days after her husband’s death.
·Hyderabad, India
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Sunetra Pawar elected NCP chief in unanimous decision weeks after Ajit Pawar's death
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar on Thursday was unanimously elected as the new national president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) following a key decision taken at the party's national executive meeting at the national convention. Addressing party leaders and delegates at the convention, senior NCP leader Praful Patel delivered an emotional speech, recalling the period of intense discussion and speculation within the part…
·India
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