Ajit Pawar airplane crash: Rohit Pawar writes to PM Modi, calls for Aviation minister’s resignation | India Information

NEW DELHI: NCP (SP) normal secretary Rohit Pawar on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi searching for the resignation of civil aviation minister Ok Ram Mohan Naidu till the inquiry into the January 28 airplane crash that killed former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar is accomplished. He additionally demanded an unbiased and clear probe into the incident.In his letter to the PM Modi, a duplicate of which was marked to Union residence minister Amit Shah, Rohit Pawar raised considerations in regards to the air constitution firm VSR, which owned the ill-fated Learjet 45 plane and alleged attainable hyperlinks that want unbiased scrutiny, in line with information company PTI. “Critical questions have been raised in regards to the firm VSR and its hyperlinks with Rammohan Naidu’s social gathering (TDP). These hyperlinks should be investigated by an unbiased and competent authority, ideally in collaboration with worldwide businesses,” Pawar mentioned within the letter.Searching for the minister’s resignation, he wrote, “You have got all the time proven respect for Ajit Dada and his contribution to the nation. On this context, I request that Rammohan Naidu be requested to resign from his submit till the investigation is accomplished. That is essential to make sure there isn’t any affect or interference in inspecting whether or not the DGCA was compromised in any method in relation to VSR.”Addressing a press convention, Rohit Pawar alleged that the circumstances surrounding the crash warrant deeper examination and steered that the potential for conspiracy should be explored.“If we speak about conspiracies, there might be two varieties of conspiracies: political and industrial. We need to discover out which one it’s. One other factor is that if somebody is supporting or defending the VSR firm, which is answerable for it, that is also a conspiracy. So many highly effective persons are behind this firm. DGCA officers are behind it,” he mentioned.Calling for direct intervention by senior nationwide leaders, he added, “But when this investigation must be dropped at justice, solely essentially the most highly effective individuals in India, like Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, can carry justice to Ajit Dada, as a result of the remainder of the individuals concerned are additionally highly effective. I request them to personally tackle this investigation. I’ll ship a letter addressed to PM Modi through electronic mail right this moment... The Aviation Minister should resign. That is our demand.”Rohit Pawar additionally raised doubts about technical features of the crash, together with the plane’s black field and attainable causes of the hearth.“We had expressed doubts in regards to the black field. When the accident occurred, there was not only one blast, there have been many blasts… VSR, the corporate that operates the flight, has numerous points. They’re mechanical, upkeep points. There may be an space the place baggage are stored, extra petrol cans have been stored there, and that is what precipitated the hearth, so this must be investigated,” he mentioned.Ajit Pawar and 4 others have been killed on the morning of January 28 when the plane carrying them crashed close to Baramati airport in Pune district whereas trying to land. The Nationalist Congress Get together (SP), together with Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress leaders, have raised questions over the incident and steered attainable foul play.