Maharashtra’s Political Future in Flux After Ajit Pawar’s Plane Crash Death
TL;DR
Ajit Pawar, Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister and a pivotal but divisive figure in the Pawar political dynasty, died in a plane crash, creating a vacuum and casting uncertainty over the state’s fragmented NCP factions and their loyalties as leaders and allies reassess succession and alliances.
- Obituary: Ajit Pawar, the mercurial leader who stepped out of his uncle's shadow BBC
- Senior state official among 5 dead after private plane crash in western India AP News
- Ajit Pawar's death: Sharad Pawar rules out conspiracy over nephew's death; asks 'not to politicise' the accident Times of India
- Veteran Indian Politician Among 5 Killed in Plane Crash The New York Times
- Steep descend, then fireball: New video captures moment Ajit Pawar's plane crashed India Today
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