Pune, September 4, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar on Thursday urged political leaders not to politicise the death of former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, responding to remarks made by NCP (SP) working president and MP Supriya Sule.
Sunetra Pawar said Ajit Pawar’s family was enduring the greatest pain from his death and that no one could understand the void left by the tragedy better than his mother, wife and children.
She said the plane crash had cast a “dark cloud” over Maharashtra and asserted that the family, like everyone else, wanted the truth to emerge and the investigation to be completed at the earliest.
“We are continuously striving for a thorough probe into this matter. We have met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister and other senior leaders to present our stand,” she said.
Sunetra Pawar added that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had also given an assurance in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and was making efforts in this regard. She said the investigating agencies were carrying out their responsibilities and appealed to people to have faith in the law, the Constitution and the agencies while allowing them the necessary time.
Her remarks came after Sule questioned the Maharashtra government over the alleged lack of progress in the investigation into Ajit Pawar’s fatal plane crash.
At a press conference in Thane on Wednesday, Sule contrasted the swift registration of an FIR against MNS youth leader Amit Thackeray over the alleged removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photograph at a Pune college with the absence of an FIR in her brother’s death case.
“When a photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is removed, a case is registered against Amit Thackeray within two hours. On the other hand, no FIR has been lodged yet in the death case of my brother Ajit Pawar,” Sule said.
She also questioned the status of the CID probe and the reported CBI investigation into the crash, which occurred in Baramati on January 28.
Sunetra Pawar cautioned that repeatedly raising questions before the media would not necessarily produce new information and could risk turning the matter into a media trial. She appealed to all concerned to refrain from playing politics over the tragedy.
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