Summary of Important News Items and Editorials-91
Summary of Important News Items and Editorials-91
THE HINDU DATED 01TH FABRUARY 2026.
1. Sunetra Pawar sworn in as Deputy CM of Maharashtra
After Ajit Pawar’s sudden death in a plane crash, his wife Sunetra Pawar was sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister, becoming the first woman to hold the post in Maharashtra. She gets three relatively lighter portfolios – Excise, Minority Affairs, and Sports and Youth Welfare – while the powerful Finance and Planning ministries stay with BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis. The arrangement preserves the NCP (Ajit) faction’s bargaining power and the Pawar family’s hold over Baramati, reassuring MLAs who might have felt adrift after Ajit’s death. Sharad Pawar publicly said the family was not consulted and revealed that talks to reunify the two NCP factions were in their final stage before the tragedy. The underlying logic is th
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