NCP seeks Cabinet berth for Ajit Pawar's wife

Mumbai: A day after Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s death in a plane crash, voices emerged within his party NCP on Thursday for a state Cabinet berth for his wife Sunetra, while rival factions spoke of reconciliation and taking forward merger talks.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders also suggested that Sunetra Pawar should step forward and lead the outfit, which is a constituent of the ruling Mahayuti alliance led by the BJP.

Senior NCP leader and FDA Minister Narhari Zirwal said it is people’s wish that late Ajit Pawar’s wife Sunetra, a Rajya Sabha member, be inducted into the state ministry.