 Summary of this article
- Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash on Wednesday, January 28, while on his way to a address a public meeting in Baramati ahead of Zilla Parishad elections.
- His career was defined by shifting alliances, administrative authority and political survival, rising from his uncle Sharad Pawar’s shadow to become Maharashtra’s longest-serving Deputy Chief Minister.
- His career saw dramatic turns—from the short-lived 80-hour BJP government in 2019 to the NCP split in 2023.
Ajit Pawar’s decades-long political career was marked by drama, shifting alliances and, above all, remarkable personal continuity.
In the early years, guided under the formidable shadow of his uncle, Sharad Pawar, he gradually carved out an identity of his own, ultimately rising to not only become Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, but the longest-serving Deputy CM.
Political leaders from across the country have expressed grief over his demise on Wednesday (January 28), when his private-charter plane crash-landed in Baramati, where he first entered electoral politics in 1991 when he was elected MP from the constituency.
Currently, he was serving his sixth term as Deputy CM in the BJP-led Mahayuti government, headed by CM Devendra Fadnavis, alongside Deputy CM Eknath Shinde.
His legislative journey in Maharashtra took off in 1995 with his election to the Assembly from Baramati, a seat that had been a Pawar stronghold for decades. He successfully defended the constituency in every subsequent election—1999, 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019—cementing his stature as a dominant political force in the state, especially western Maharashtra.
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In 1999, he began serving in the Maharashtra Cabinet after almost a decade of being a junior minister, later holding major portfolios including Water Resources and Finance, Irrigation and Rural Development; also serving as the national president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar Killed In Baramati Plane Crash
BY Outlook News Desk |
