Summary
Ajit Pawar, the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, India, died in a plane crash. The plane was traveling from Mumbai to Baramati and crash-landed in an open field. An investigation into the crash is ongoing.
Key Facts
- Ajit Pawar was the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, India's wealthiest state.
- The plane crash occurred while traveling from Mumbai to Baramati, Pawar’s home city.
- Five people, including Pawar, died in the crash.
- The cause of the crash is not yet known, and authorities are investigating.
- Pawar had a long political career, initially starting with the Congress party in the late 1980s.
- He was involved with the Nationalist Congress Party and had ties to the Bharatiya Janata Party in recent years.
- Pawar was significant in Maharashtra's development, especially in infrastructure projects.
- He had faced allegations of corruption, but inquiries into these claims remain unresolved.
