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The plane was carrying Ajit Pawar, Nationalist Congress Party leader, his security personnel and the pilots.| India News

He was known for his brutally honest remarks irrespective of what the situation might have been

A 37-second footage, recorded by a CCTV camera, showed the plane descending sharply, followed by a sudden flash as it hit the ground.

Describing Ajit Pawar's death as a major blow to the state, Sharad Pawar said Maharashtra had lost a highly capable and experienced leader.

The Ajit Pawar-led NCP has joined hands with Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) for the zila parishad and panchayat samiti polls.

Sharad Pawar's appeal for calm follows a series of explosive remarks from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who alleged a political conspiracy behind the crash

Pinky was married and lived in Pune with her husband, where her husband worked as a manager in a private firm.

CM Mamata Banerjee raised doubts over the plane crash and demanded a high-level investigation under the monitoring of the Supreme Court.

Ajit Pawar, 66, and four others on board a chartered aircraft were killed when it crash-landed near Baramati airport in Pune district on Wednesday morning.

Fadnavis always relied on Ajit to keep their another Mahayuti ally Eknath Shinde in check; Ajit's demise also rekindles the prospects of two NCP factions' merger, which may also dent BJP's supremacy