The airplane carrying the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra state got here down in his constituency of Baramati.
Revealed On 28 Jan 2026
A airplane crash has killed the deputy chief minister of India’s Maharashtra state, Ajit Pawar, the nation’s aviation regulator has mentioned.
The airplane, which took off from Mumbai on Wednesday, crash-landed on the airport in Pawar’s constituency of Baramati, in keeping with the Directorate Common of Civil Aviation.
Two members of the distinguished politician’s employees and two crew had been additionally reported to have been killed.
The reason for the crash has not but been formally confirmed.
FlightRadar, a web-based flight monitoring service, mentioned the plane was making an attempt a second strategy to Baramati Airport when it crashed.
The Occasions of India quoted aviation regulator officers as saying the plane, a Learjet 45 operated by an organization referred to as VSR, crashed at about 8:45am native time (03:15 GMT).
The newspaper mentioned Pawar, the nephew of veteran politician Sharad Pawar, who based the Nationalist Congress Celebration (NCP), was on his solution to attend a public rally for the Zilla Parishad elections.
A witness quoted by the newspaper mentioned the plane exploded moments after hitting the bottom.
“Once we rushed to the spot, the plane was on fireplace. There have been 4 to 5 extra explosions. Folks tried to tug the passengers out, however the fireplace was too intense,” mentioned the witness.
Pawar, 66, constructed his political base by means of the grassroots cooperative motion. He was a key determine in state politics and served because the second highest elected official in Maharashtra as a part of the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling coalition.
He wielded appreciable affect within the state’s vibrant sugar belt and was recognized for his capability to mobilise rural voters.
Modi mentioned on X that Pawar’s “premature demise” was “very stunning and saddening”.
He was “broadly revered as a hardworking character”, the prime minister mentioned, including that “his ardour for the empowerment of the poor and the disadvantaged was notably noteworthy.”
