Updated On: 31 January, 2026 06:41 PM IST | Divya Nair
Several dignitaries from Maharashtra and across India visited the family of late Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit Pawar in Baramati to offer their condolences following his sudden demise in a plane crash on Wednesday. Among those paying tribute was former Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, who met the family and expressed his sympathies on Friday. PICS/BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

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Pawar passed away in a tragic air crash on Wednesday near Baramati. He was Maharashtra`s Deputy Chief Minister at the time of his death
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Dhankhar offers heartfelt condolences to Pawar`s son Jay with an embrace during his visit to Baramati on Friday

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Dhankhar also met Pawar`s wife Sunetra and elder son Parth
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Sunetra Pawar took oath as Maharashtra`s Deputy Chief Minister following her husband`s death, on Saturday in Mumbai

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Other leaders also visited the Pawar family on Friday to offer their condolences. Among them was former Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan.
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