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India’s Maharashtra State Deputy Chief Minister Dies in Plane Crash

On Wednesday , Ajit Pawar, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, died when a privately chartered plane crash-landed near Baramati, Pune district, after flying from Mumbai and burst into flames.
En route to campaign events, Ajit Pawar, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, left Mumbai this morning after a Cabinet Committee meeting on Tuesday and was heading to Baramati, Pune district, to attend four public gatherings for Zilla Parishad elections.
The Learjet 45 involved was operated by VSR, registered VT-SSK with six seats; around 8:30 AM, visuals showed wreckage engulfed in smoke as NDRF teams responded.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis ordered relief efforts, while PM Modi praised the Deputy Chief Minister's understanding and passion for empowering the poor, with Rajnath Singh expressing deep shock.
Pawar's death refocuses attention on the Pawar family legacy shaping Maharashtra's cooperative movement, while Ajit Pawar's 2023 split from Sharad Pawar's faction reshaped state coalitions under the BJP‑Shiv Sena alliance.

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