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A plane carrying 5 people, including Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and two crew members, crashed at Baramati airport on Wednesday (January 28, 2026). All the people on board the plane died in this incident. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has expressed grief by posting on X (formerly Twitter). He wrote that the news of Ajit Pawar’s tragic demise in a plane crash is extremely shocking and extremely sad. Untimely demise of a leader whose political future was bright and promising. It is impossible to express in words the immense sorrow that the bereaved family is going through in this difficult time. I express my deepest condolences to the Pawar family, their supporters and well-wishers.
Mallikarjun Kharge further wrote that Ajit Pawar, who served the people of Maharashtra on various constitutional posts, will be remembered as a skilled politician who fulfilled his responsibilities towards his people with complete devotion and wisdom. may his soul rest in peace.
The news of the tragic demise of Shri Ajit Pawar, in a plane crash, is deeply shocking and profoundly distressing. It is an untimely loss of a leader who had a long and promising political career ahead.
No words can adequately express the immense grief that the bereaved family…
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) January 28, 2026
Which plane was the victim of the accident?
On the matter, the DGCA official said that a team of officers of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is heading towards the accident site. He said that at the time of the accident, there were five people on board the Learjet 45 aircraft, including Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, two other personnel (a PSO and an operator) and two crew members (pilot-in-command and first officer). The official said that according to preliminary information, no one on board the plane survived the accident.
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