{"id":4742,"date":"2026-01-30T21:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b2bexpress.in\/?p=4742"},"modified":"2026-01-30T21:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:56:17","slug":"pawar-play-speedy-decision-on-sunetra-as-deputy-cm-to-pre-empt-takeover-by-ncp-sp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/b2bexpress.in\/?p=4742","title":{"rendered":"Pawar play: Speedy decision on Sunetra as deputy CM to pre-empt takeover by NCP (SP)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunetra Pawar&#8217;s appointment as deputy chief minister is a strategic move by senior NCP leaders to preemptively quell leadership speculation following her husband&#8217;s passing. This decision, endorsed by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, aims to stabilize the political landscape before the potential merger of NCP factions, ensuring control amidst potential demands from Sharad Pawar&#8217;s camp.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunetra Pawar&#8217;s appointment as deputy chief minister is a strategic move by senior NCP leaders to preemptively quell leadership speculation following her husband&#8217;s passing. This decision, endorsed by Chief Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/b2bexpress.in\/?p=4742\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/b2bexpress.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/b2bexpress.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/b2bexpress.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b2bexpress.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b2bexpress.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/b2bexpress.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b2bexpress.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/b2bexpress.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b2bexpress.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b2bexpress.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}