On Wednesday, two weeks after husband Ajit Pawar perished in a tragic air crash in Baramati, Sunetra Pawar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi.
It was her first visit to the national capital after she was sworn in as Maharashtra's first woman deputy chief minister on January 31, 2026.
IMAGE: Sunetra Pawar with her sons Parth Pawar and Jay Pawar and Nationalist Congress Party Rajya Sabha MP Praful Patel and NCP Lok Sabha MP Sunil Tatkare meets the prime minister. Photographs: @SunetraA_Pawar/X
IMAGE: 'After taking oath as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, I met the Hon'ble Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shahji in New Delhi to seek his blessings,' Mrs Pawar tweeted.
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