Sunetra Pawar appointed as guardian minister of Pune, Beed

Maharashtra Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar has been named guardian minister of Beed and Pune districts, posts earlier held by her late husband Ajit Pawar. Beed is a traditional stronghold of the Pawar family. Sunetra Pawar was sworn-in as Maharashtra Deputy CM on January 31 after Ajit Pawar passed away in a plane crash in Baramati on January 28.