Ajit Pawar to be Maharashtra deputy CM once again

December 06, 2012 20:03

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar will rejoin the Maharashtra cabinet as deputy chief minister on Friday, days after he got a clean chit in the alleged irrigation scam in the state.

Pawar will be sworn-in at 9.30 am on Friday by Governor K Sankaranarayanan, a top Raj Bhavan official said.

Pawar, nephew of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, had quit in a huff September 25 after his name cropped up in the alleged scam

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