India’s Maharashtra State Deputy Chief Minister Dies in Plane Crash
Five people, including Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, died when their chartered Learjet 45 crashed while landing at Baramati airport, officials said.
- 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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‘Flying to Baramati, will talk tomorrow’: Father of attendant on Pawar flight recalls her last words - The Tribune
His voice filled with emotion and his eyes welling up, a distraught Shivkumar Mali said his daughter had promised to speak to him “tomorrow”, but that moment will never come.
‘Flying to Baramati, will talk tomorrow’: Father of attendant on Pawar flight recalls her last words
Mumbai, Jan 28 (PTI) His voice filled with emotion and his eyes welling up, a distraught Shivkumar Mali said his daughter had promised to speak to him “tomorrow”, but that moment will never come. His daughter Pinky Mali was among those killed in the Baramati plane crash that also claimed the life of Maharashtra Deputy […]
Baramati Plane Crash: Political Leaders Across Nation Mourn Ajit Pawar's Death
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Condolences continued to pour in from across the country on Wednesday following the tragic death of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who was killed in a plane crash while travelling from Mumbai to Baramati earlier in the day. India News | Baramati Plane Crash: Political Leaders Across Nation Mourn Ajit Pawar's Death.
Five people have died after a private plane crashed in the city of Baramati in India. One of the dead is politician Ajit Pawar, who was the deputy chief minister of the state of Maharashtra.
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