NCP (SP) general secretary and MLA Rohit Pawar on Feb 21 wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding that Civil Aviation Minister K. Ram Mohan Naidu resign until the inquiry into the Jan 28 Baramati plane crash that killed Ajit Pawar is completed. Pawar alleged the crash may involve a “political or commercial” conspiracy and sought immediate action over alleged links between the aircraft operator VSR Ventures and individuals connected to the TDP ecosystem, arguing it could compromise the transparency of the DGCA-linked probe.
