Senior NDA leaders and BJP ministers visited the Kamakhya temple in Guwahati on Tuesday ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of Himanta Biswa Sarma, the third BJP-led government in Assam. (Pics/X and PTI)

Thrust into the spotlight from the shadows of one of Maharashtra’s most powerful political families, Sunetra Pawar on Saturday became the state’s first woman Deputy Chief Minister. She now faces the task of leading the Nationalist Congress Party following the tragic death of her husband, Ajit Pawar. PICS/ASHISH RAJE, TEXT/PTI