Vicepremier Ajit Pawar of Maharashtra, India, died on Wednesday when a charter aircraft he was aboard crashed with no survivors. The plane, carrying four other passengers and two crew members, went down near Baramati while attempting an emergency landing 250 km from Mumbai. Pawar was heading to his home region to campaign for local elections. He was a senior BJP member who led a faction that split from the Nationalist Congress Party in 2023. The crash was reported by the Civil Aviation Authority and confirmed by Reuters. Images show flames and smoke rising from the wreckage on an open field. The tragedy has shocked Indian political circles.
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