Amid ongoing elections to the Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis, Dy CM Ajit Pawar was travelling from Mumbai to Baramati to attend a public meeting. The incident occurred around 9 a.m., an hour after the plane took off from Mumbai, claiming the lives of the NCP chief and five others.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"Rest in peace, Ajit Dada. I had the privilege of meeting you many times, and every time I was struck by your discipline, your work ethic, and the love you had for your people.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"You often told me, \u201cCome to my Baramati.\u201d I kept thinking there would be time. I never imagined I\u2019d regret not coming like this,\" Sindhu wrote in an X post.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"My deepest condolences to the families of Captain Shambhavi Pathak, Captain Sumit Kapoor, Pinky Mali, and PSO Videep Jadhav. So many lives lost. So many families shattered.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"May God give everyone strength to get through this,\" she further wrote.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"My deepest condolences to the families of Captain Shambhavi Pathak, Captain Sumit Kapoor, Pinky Mali, and PSO Videep Jadhav. So many lives lost. So many families shattered.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He also served as the chairman of the Pune District Central Cooperative Bank (PDC) for 16 years and has immense influence over sugar cooperatives and milk unions. He had held almost every major ministerial portfolio in Maharashtra, including Water Resources, Power, and Rural Development, under various Chief Ministers (Vilasrao Deshmukh, Ashok Chavan, Prithviraj Chavan, and Uddhav Thackeray).<\/p>\r\n\r\n