A massive crowd of mourners thronged Baramati on Thursday to pay their last respects to their beloved leader, Ajit Pawar, who died in a tragic plane crash.
At the packed Vidya Pratishthan ground, Pawar’s sons Parth and Jay lit the funeral pyre as his wife Sunetra struggled to hold back tears, while the air resonated with chants of “Ajit Dada Amar Rahe” and “Ajit Dada Parat Ya”.
Union ministers Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari and Murlidhar Mohol, former Union minister Sharad Pawar, who is Ajit Pawar’s uncle, and BJP president Nitin Nabin attended the 66-year-old Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief’s funeral.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Eknath Shinde were also present. Former CMs Sushilkumar Shinde and Ashok Chavan, state Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal, party leader Manikrao Thakare and actor Riteish Deshmukh also paid homage.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Eknath Shinde were also present. Former CMs Sushilkumar Shinde and Ashok Chavan, state Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal, party leader Manikrao Thakare and actor Riteish Deshmukh also paid homage.a
Meanwhile, speaking to The Free Press Journal, Ajit Pawar’s supporters from Baramati and beyond expressed their grief and narrated what he meant to them. Some said he was like a father to them and that now they have become orphans. Some said that he was irreplaceable and that his void cannot be filled.
