Amit Shah to Attend Ajit Pawar's Last Rites in Baramati After Tragic Plane Crash

Pawar's last rites will be performed with full state honours at 11 am on Thursday.Union Home Minister's visit is seen as a mark of respect to the departed leader and a gesture of solidarity with the bereaved family. Senior leaders from various political parties are also expected to reach Baramati to pay their last respects.

Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and a prominent political figure in Maharashtra, Pawar passed away in a chartered plane crash while travelling from Mumbai to Baramati this morning. Pawar was on his way to Baramati to campaign for the Zilla Panchayat elections.

Pawar served multiple terms as Deputy Chief Minister and held key portfolios in the state government. Known for his strong influence in western Maharashtra, particularly in Baramati, his death has sent shockwaves across the political spectrum.

Following the passing of Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis proclaimed a state holiday and ordered three days of mourning across Maharashtra.

The national flag will be flown at half-mast across Maharashtra during the three-day mourning period in accordance with established protocol. All government-sponsored entertainment events have been cancelled during the mourning period.

On Wednesday, Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash. According to DGCA, five people, including the crew, on board the chartered plane flying from Mumbai, Maharashtra, to Baramati died after a crash-landing at 8.45 am this morning.The crash landing of Mumbai-Baramati charter plane occurred at the runway threshold in Baramati. Pawar was onboard along with 2 more personnel (1 PSO and 1 attendent) and 2 crew members. Further details about the crash are awaited.

Pawar was headed to Baramati to attend a public rally for the Zilla Parishad Elections. Pawar was in Mumbai on Tuesday, where he attended a meeting of the Maharashtra Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure, chaired by CM Devendra Fadnavis. Maharashtra Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule and other officials were also present.

In November 2019, he engineered a split in the NCP and joined a government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party and became the Deputy Chief Minister. In February 2024, the Election Commission awarded the party name and symbol to the faction headed by Ajit Pawar.

- ANI