Updated On: 13 February, 2026 10:12 AM IST | Dehradun | mid-day online correspondent
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis said the government will consider renaming the 'Ladki Bahin' scheme after late Ajit Pawar. The demand was raised by NCP MLC Amol Mitkari, calling Pawar a beloved leader among women across the state

Ajit Pawar. File pic
Maharashtra Chief Minister (CM) Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said his government will consider the demand to rename the Ladki Bahin scheme after Deputy CM and NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who died in a plane crash in Baramati.
A day earlier, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) legislator Amol Mitkari had demanded that the government's flagship Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana for financial assistance to women be renamed after Pawar.