Ajit Pawar death: NCP veteran Sharad Pawar shares first reaction after deadly accident leaves Maharashtra Deputy CM dead

Ajit Pawar death: In a first, NCP veteran Sharad Pawar has shared first reaction on Ajit Pawar’s death. For those unversed, NCP leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar died after his plane crash landed in Baramati. In a big reaction, the NCP veteran has said that Ajit’s death was a big shock for Maharashtra, which has lost a hardworking and efficient leader, and this loss is irreparable. “Not all things are in our hands,” he added. Here are all the details you need to know about what the NCP veteran has said on the death of Ajit Pawar.

NCP veteran Sharad Pawar requests people not to bring politics

“A stand was floated from Kolkata that there is some politics involved in this incident. But there is nothing like this. There is no politics in it. It was an accident. I request not to bring politics into it,” Sharad Pawar said while rejecting the allegations of politics involved in this incident.

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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee demands Supreme Court-monitored probe

In another reaction, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the death of Ajit Pawar, alleging that “all other agencies” have been “completely compromised”.

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Stressing that the truth would not emerge through existing mechanisms, Banerjee said only a probe under the supervision of the Supreme Court would be credible.

“The loss caused by this incident cannot be easily compensated”, Sharad Pawar said in a video message.

“There is no politics involved here; it is purely an accident. The grief affects Maharashtra and all of us deeply. I appeal to everyone not to politicise this tragedy”, he added.

AAIB team reaches Baramati crash site to launch investigation

A team from the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has reached the Baramati crash site to launch a forensic probe into the VSR Venture’s Learjet 45 aircraft accident that killed Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others on Wednesday, a senior official was quoted as saying by PTI news agency report.

“The investigation team has reached the (crash) site. They are on the work,” the AAIB official told PTI. However, notably, the officer declined to share further details.

(With PTI inputs)