New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Friday confirmed that the NCP's legislature party will meet on January 31, during which Sunetra Pawar, the wife of late Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, will be appointed as its leader.

Speaking to reporters at the Nationalist Congress Party office, Bhujbal said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has indicated he has no objection to her being sworn in as deputy chief minister as early as Saturday, as long as the party's legislature wing formally approves the decision.

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