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Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar dies in plane crash

Pawar was headed to Baramati to attend a public rally for the Zilla Parishad Elections.

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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

BARAMATI : A chartered plane flying from Mumbai, Maharashtra, to Baramati crash-landed at 8.45 am on Wednesday morning. As per preliminary report, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party chief Ajit Pawar was onboard the charter. Pawar was headed to Baramati to attend a public rally for the Zilla Parishad Elections.

Further details about the crash are awaited.

Pawar was in Mumbai on Tuesday where he attended a meeting of the Maharashtra Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure chaired by CM Devendra Fadnavis. Maharashtra Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, and concerned officials were present. (ANI)

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