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Last Updated:January 28, 2026, 13:24 IST
Ajit Pawar, 66, and four other persons were killed after an aircraft carrying them crashed in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Wednesday morning.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. (PTI/File)
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that ist Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit Pawar was supposed to quit the NDA and join the INDIA bloc, and raised questions over his death in the plane crash.
The Trinamool Congress leader demanded a high-level probe under the monitoring of the Supreme Court into Pawar’s death.
“Somebody from another party had said that Ajit Pawar would leave the BJP. Now look at what has happened today. I want a proper investigation under the monitoring of the Supreme Court. Nobody is safe here. He was supposed to join back — I had seen that — so how did this crash happen?" she said.
Echoing Banerjee’s views, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti asked if Pawar’s death was an accident or sabotage.
“Shocked to learn about tragic death of Maharashtra Dy CM Sri Ajit Pawar in a plane crash! Since in last Maharashtra municipal elections, his party contested jointly with NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) and there were rumours in power corridors that both the factions may get merged which would have surely troubled the present BJP-shiv Sena (Shinde group) govt. Hence the big question: his death is an accident or sabotage!" Bharti wrote in a post on X.
Ajit Pawar, 66, and four other persons were killed after an aircraft carrying them crashed in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Wednesday morning. The incident occurred when the plane carrying Pawar and others landed near Baramati.
Ajit Pawar was part of the NDA government in Maharashtra after breaking away from the Sharad Pawar-led NCP. The two NCP factions had recently joined hands for the Pimpri Chinchwad civic body polls but got little success.
A team from the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has left from Delhi and is enroute to Pune. The team will soon reach Baramati to start investigating the crash.
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First Published:
January 28, 2026, 13:24 IST
News politics 'Nobody Is Safe': Mamata Banerjee Politicises Ajit Pawar's Death, Demands Probe Into Air Crash
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