Fresh tension surfaced within Maharashtra’s NCP after organisational changes and Sunil Tatkare’s meeting with Sharad Pawar triggered speculation over possible defections.
Sharad Pawar-led NCP MLA met Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi in Delhi on Wednesday and questioned why the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena was prevented from raising Ajit Pawar's air crash in the Lok Sabha.
Posting pictures, along with a statement, about his meeting on his official X account, Rohit Pawar stated that besides Sonia Gandhi, he met Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. “Kharge told Sonia Gandhi about the detailed discussion held at the meeting and mentioned that it is a very serious matter”.
On Friday, Rohit Pawar had demanded an investigation guided by a committee chaired by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, to probe the January 28 air crash which killed the late Ajit Pawar.
He visited the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) office in Pune on Friday after VK Singh, a top VSR Ventures air charter company official's statement was recorded there on Thursday.
The NCP (SP) MLA said police initially began processing his complaint before a senior officer intervened, even as he expanded allegations to aviation officials and regulatory approvals.
Sharad Pawar-led NCP MLA Rohit Pawar stated here on Tuesday that Rohit Singh, who is one of the directors of Delhi-based air charter company VSR Ventures which flew the late Ajit Pawar, was called for questioning on Monday.
Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena leader Bhaskar Jadhav revealed the reason NCP founder Sharad Pawar chose to deliberately downplay the late Deputy CM Ajit Pawar's air crash as “an accident” immediately after the tragic incident, during his condolence address at the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly here on Monday.
Ajit Pawar-led NCP MLA Amol Mitkari and senior Sharad Pawar-led NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad raised questions on Monday over the January 28 air crash that killed the late Deputy CM Ajit Pawar.
Rohit Pawar has alleged that the plane crash was not an accident but a planned conspiracy.
