- By Raju Kumar
- Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:46 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Ajit Pawar Death News: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four other indivisuals died after his plane crashed during landing in Baramati on Wednesday morning. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and five other persons were killed after an aircraft carrying them crashed in Pune district on Wednesday morning, officials confimred.
Baramati, Maharashtra: A plane crashed in Maharashtra's Baramati. It is being reported that Maharashtra Minister Ajit Pawar was on board the aircraft pic.twitter.com/SphrP0J9SV
— IANS (@ians_india) January 28, 2026
VIDEO | Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and five other persons were killed after an aircraft carrying them crashed in Pune district. Visuals from spot. pic.twitter.com/XZbDHMhAPa
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) January 28, 2026
PM Modi, HM Shah Call Maharashtra CM Fadnavis
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to enquire about the plane crash in which Pawar was killed.
PM Modi and Shah later called up Fadnavis and took information about the plane crash, sources said.
In a post on X, Modi said Pawar's death was untimely and very shocking. Ajit Pawar was a leader of the people with a strong grassroots level connect, he said. The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader had left early on Wednesday from Mumbai for Baramati, where he was scheduled to address rallies for the February 5 zilla parishad polls.
"Shri Ajit Pawar Ji was a leader of the people, having a strong grassroots level connect. He was widely respected as a hardworking personality at the forefront of serving the people of Maharashtra. His understanding of administrative matters and passion for empowering the poor and downtrodden were also noteworthy. His untimely demise is very shocking and saddening. Condolences to his family and countless admirers. Om Shanti," PM Modi wrote in another X post.
(With PTI inputs)