Ajit Pawar plane crash LIVE: Pawar's funeral today in Baramati; Amit Shah to attend
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Ajit Pawar plane crash LIVE: Follow the Hindu's Live updates as Maharashtra bids farewell to Ajit Pawar.
The last rites of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar will be held with full State honours on Thursday (January 29, 2026) at 11 a.m. at Vidya Pratishthan in Baramati, Pune.
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president Nitin Nabin, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the State cabinet will be present at the funeral. Leaders cutting across the political spectrum will be present, the Nationalist Congress Party said.
Ajit Pawar and four others were killed on Wednesday (January 28) after an aircraft -- a Bombardier Learjet 45 -- carrying them crashed in Pune district. He was travelling to Baramati from Mumbai to address public meetings as part of the campaign for the February 5 zilla parishad elections in the State.
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