Ajit 'Dada' Pawar died on Wednesday in a plane crash at Baramati airport, leaving behind a long career of ups and downs in politics. He was headed to Baramati to attend a public rally for the Zilla Parishad Elections.
Supporters of NCP chief and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar gathered outside Ahilyabai Holkar Government Medical College to pay their final respects as his mortal remains were taken out.
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra Minister Deepak Kesarkar advised Aaditya Thackeray to stay away from "filmy people" amid the fresh chaos over the death of Disha Salian.
Speaking to ANI, Kesarkar said, "...He had no other option but to surrender because all his accounts had been seized and his relatives had been arrested... People who are opposing this, their protest is baseless."
Shiv Sena leader Deepak Kesarkar confirmed that party MLAs urged Eknath Shinde to accept the Deputy CM post in Maharashtra's cabinet. Shinde is considering the position, awaiting guidance from PM Modi and HM Shah. Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar are also set for key roles ahead of the Ma
As the Mahayuti alliance mulls over the Chief Minister's post, state minister Deepak Kesarkar said on Tuesday that any decision taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be acceptable to him.
In the wake of the landslide victory of the Mahayuti, Shiv Sena winning candidate from the Sawantwadi Assembly seat Deepak Kesarkar on Sunday said that the people of India and Maharashtra have come out of that wrong narrative set by the INDIA alliance.
Speaking after the polls concluded, Kesarkar predicted that the alliance could surpass 160 seats, adding that independent candidates typically align with the ruling party, further boosting their seat count.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP on Tuesday exuded confidence on the Mahayuti alliance victory in all three constituencies of Sindhudurg district in the Maharashtra Assembly Election.
Maharashtra School Education and Marathi Language Minister Deepak Kesarkar on Tuesday filed the nomination from the Sawantwadi assembly constituency. Kesarkar, now part of Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena, was elected MLA from the same constituency in 2019, 2014 and 2009.