Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Tuesday said that several questions are being raised regarding the demise of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, and demanded that the truth behind the incident be brought before the public.
Amid heavy hearts and chants of 'Ajit dada amar rahe,' the widow of late Ajit Pawar, Sunetra Pawar, stepped into fill the vacant post of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister as she took oath of office at Lok Bhavan in Mumbai.
Actor Riteish Deshmukh on Thursday attended the last rites of Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar in Baramati. The NCP leader died in a plane crash on Wednesday.
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.
Earlier today, Sharad Pawar and his wife drove from their Mumbai residence to reach the Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Government Medical College in Baramati, where the mortal remains of all five deceased, including Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, are kept.
Maharashtra Government said in a statement that PM Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah both contacted Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadanvis and received information and updates about the plane crash.
Speaking to the media in Raigad on Monday, Ajit Pawar highlighted Narayan Rane's decades-long presence in Maharashtra politics and the key positions he has held over the years.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday hailed the Mahayuti alliance's sweeping performance in the Maharashtra local body elections, thanking the voters of Maharashtra for placing their trust in the alliance.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday paid homage to police personnel who laid down their lives in the line of duty during the Police Commemoration Day programme held at the Police Memorial at the Centre for Police Research in Pune.