Ajit Pawar’s mortal remains brought to Baramati as Pune prepares for his funeral

The mortal remains of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar were brought to an educational institute in Baramati Pune district on Wednesday evening as emotional scenes unfolded with party workers and local residents raising slogans in his memorySlogans such as ldquoAjit dada amar raherdquo and ldquoAjit dada parat yardquo long live Ajit dada Ajit dada come back echoed through the premises of Vidya Pratishthan Pawarrsquos home turf where people gathered in large numbers to pay their last respects reported the PTIAjit Pawar 66 and four others on board a chartered aircraft were killed after the plane crashed barely 200 metres from the edge of a tabletop runway at Baramati airport The sudden death of the veteran leader fondly known as Dada has left a major void in the BJPled coalition government in Maharashtra and raised questions over the future of the Nationalist Congress Party NCP which he headedAfter postmortem formalities at a medical college in Baramati Pawarrsquos mortal remains were brought to Vidya Pratishthan in a vehicle decked with flowers People lining both sides of the road broke down as the procession passed with many visibly overwhelmed by grief according to the PTIA large number of NCP workers and residents from Baramati and other parts of the state converged on the town long associated with the politically influential Pawar family to pay tribute to the late leaderVIDEO Baramati The mortal remains of Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar brought to Vidya Pratishthan people gather to pay their last respectsFull video available on PTI Videos httpstcon147TvrpG7 pictwittercomCJx5zXNS1cmdash Press Trust of India PTI_News January 28 2026Last rites with full state honoursThe last rites of the NCP president will be performed at the Vidya Pratishthan grounds at 11 am on Thursday with full state honoursPrime Minister Narendra Modi Union Home Minister Amit Shah leaders from across the political spectrum and people from various walks of life are expected to attend the funeralVIDEO Baramati Ajit Pawars son Jay Pawar at Vidya Pratishthan AjitPawarPlaneCrash Full video available on PTI Videos httpstcon147TvrpG7 pictwittercom0R4Yb4ozFHmdash Press Trust of India PTI_News January 28 2026lsquoEvery development bears his imprintrsquoManoj Wagh a local teacher said the people of Baramati were still struggling to come to terms with Pawarrsquos sudden deathldquoAlmost every development work in Baramati carries the imprint of Ajit dadardquo he saidAjit Pawar dies in plane crash Follow LIVE Updates hereTop leaders reach PuneMaharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde along Governor Acharya Devvrat on Wednesday reached Baramati as Pune began to prepare for NCP chief Ajit Pawars last ritesThe leaders reached the site to offer their condolences to the family and party members as well as to participate in the funeral rituals officials saidThey also met the family members of Ajit PawarIn a post on X the CMO wrote Maharashtra Governor Acharya Devvrat and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met with Sunetra Pawar the wife of late Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar to offer their condolences Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was also present along with them The leaders expressed their sympathy to the family following the tragic plane crash near Baramati that claimed Ajit Pawarrsquos life pictwittercomTWPf5bBaLsmdash CMO Maharashtra CMOMaharashtra January 28 2026Ajit Pawarrsquos sudden death in the Baramati plane crash has led to widespread grief across the state and the nationPolitical leaders from the across the country including Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to Ajit PawarThe state government has declared three days of state mourning and flags are being flown at halfmast across MaharashtraCM Fadnavis had earlier stated that during these three days the national flag will be flown at halfmast at all the buildings in Maharashtra where the national flag is regularly hoistedFuneral arrangements and public condolencesThe local administration has made arrangements for people to offer their condolences and participate in the final rites Several leaders and party workers have also been seen offering prayers and paying their respectsAjit Pawar to be cremated with state honoursThe last rites of Ajit Pawar who was killed in the planecrash will be held with full state honours on Thursday in Baramati in Pune district reported the PTIThe funeral will take place at the Vidya Pratishthan ground at 11 am The Nationalist Congress Party NCP said that leaders from across the political spectrum will attend and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are expected to be present the news agency reportedThe crash occurred on Wednesday morning shortly after Ajit Pawar and four others took off from MumbaiIn addition to Ajit Pawar the victims included his personal security officer an attendant and two crew members the aircraft pilotincommand and the first officerwith PTI inputs