India, Feb. 10 -- Sunetra Pawar, widow of late Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Ajit Pawar, is set to take charge as deputy chief minister on Tuesday. She will also attend the state cabinet meeting scheduled to take place that afternoon.

Following Ajit Pawar's death in a plane crash on January 28, Sunetra Pawar was sworn in as the new deputy chief minister on January 31. She was allocated all the departments that her husband was in charge of and was also allotted Pawar's favourite 'Devgiri' bungalow as her official residence at Malabar Hill.

Before taking up her new role early on Tuesday morning, Sunetra Pawar will visit the Siddhivinayak temple and pay her homage to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar by visiting Chaityabhoomi, Dadar where...