Mumbai: With conspiracy theories floating round following Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s sudden dying in a aircraft crash Wednesday, Nationalist Congress Celebration (NCP) founder Sharad Pawar made a public enchantment to not carry politics into it.

The senior Pawar, in a video assertion, mentioned, “I wasn’t going to talk earlier than the media at this time, however some media have put forth a standpoint that there might be politics behind this incident. However, there is no such thing as a politics on this. It’s merely an accident.”

On Wednesday morning, a Learjet 45 enterprise jet carrying Ajit Pawar crash landed in Baramati, leaving all 5 passengers lifeless. 

Sharad Pawar arrived in Baramati on Wednesday afternoon. He visited the crash website, after which headed to the Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Authorities Medical School the place the mortal stays of all 5 passengers have been saved. 

In his assertion on Wednesday night, Pawar additional mentioned, “Ajit Pawar’s premature dying is an enormous shock to Maharashtra. The state has at this time misplaced a succesful and decisive chief. The loss can’t be compensated, however not every thing is in our palms.”

Sharad Pawar and nephew Ajit Pawar shared a posh political equation. Ajit at all times wished to be on the helm of the undivided NCP, amid questions over who would take over the octogenarian’s legacy, nephew Ajit or daughter Supriya Sule.

In July 2023, Ajit Pawar led an open rebel towards his uncle, strolling out of the Sharad Pawar-led NCP with a most variety of MLAs in tow. He joined the Mahayuti with the BJP and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and went on to show that his NCP was the true NCP in a battle within the Election Fee. 

This yr, the 2 NCPs got here collectively to contest the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal company polls collectively towards the BJP, sparking talks of a attainable everlasting reunion of the 2 sides. 

Sule, Baramati MP, who at all times maintained that the variations between the 2 sides weren’t private, kept away from instantly making any assertion on Wednesday. Sule, who was seen breaking down together with her sister-in-law Sunetra Pawar, Ajit Pawar’s spouse, solely put up a Whatsapp standing that mentioned, “Devastated.”

(Edited by Gitanjali Das)

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