Nagpur, February 2: Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Monday suggested a "conspiracy" behind the death of former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash, saying that 80 per cent of the state believes that "something fishy" is going on.
Vijay Wadettiwar said that the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) should demand an investigation into the matter. He also raised questions over late Ajit Pawar's wife, Sunetra Pawar, taking oath as the Deputy CM days after NCP chief's death, saying "everyone rushed towards seizing power."
"80% of the people in Maharashtra believe that there is something fishy going on... A CID enquiry alone is not going to solve anything. Why was the Pilot changed at the last moment?... How can negligence happen in the case of such a big leader... NCP leaders should demand that PM Modi get this investigated... If this is not an accident, if there is a conspiracy behind this, then who does that point to?" Wadettiwar said.
"If someone is talking like this, then they should also tell whom they are pointing towards... After Ajit Dada's death, the funeral rites weren't even completed, and everyone rushed towards seizing power," he added.
Earlier, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, expressing "suspicion" over Ajit Pawar's death, said the BJP had threatened the NCP chief with irrigation scam files after he expressed a desire for the merger, adding that the former Maharashtra Deputy CM "died mysteriously within 10 days."
"Questions will indeed be raised on the accident of Ajit Dada; questions should indeed be raised. The manner in which a leader like Ajit Pawar, a tall leader of Maharashtra, died in a plane crash and the facts which are coming to light - it should be investigated, I think there is something dubious here. These questions are being raised by Ajit Dada's party. His death is suspicious," Sanjay Raut said.
Ajit Pawar, 66, died on the morning of January 28 after the aircraft carrying him crashed while attempting to land at the Baramati airport in Pune district. Among the deceased were his personal security officer, a flight However, Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar has urged people not to politicise the death of his nephew Ajit Pawar, saying that the plane crash was an accident. attendant and two pilots.
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has initiated a formal investigation into the accident that claimed the lives of Ajit Pawar and four others.
Afterwards, Sunetra Pawar, leader of the Nationalist Congress Party and widow of the late Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, took oath as the state's Deputy Chief Minister at Lok Bhavan in Mumbai. (ANI)
