NCP may consider Sunetra Pawar for state ministry: Narhari ZirwalSenior NCP leader Narhari Zirwal said people want Sunetra Pawar, wife of late Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, to be included in the Maharashtra ministry. Sunetra Pawar is currently a Rajya Sabha member. Asked about the NCP’s future after Ajit Pawar’s death, Zirwal said that people want “vahini” (sister-in-law, referring to Sunetra Pawar) to be included in the ministry. To a question on the merger of the two NCP groups, Zirwal said, “The two factions are already together. In July 2023, Ajit Pawar had joined the then Eknath Shinde-led state government, triggering a split in the NCP founded by his uncle Sharad Pawar.