NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar addresses a press conference regarding Ajit Pawar’s plane crash in New Delhi on Saturday
In sharp contrast, Vikhe Patil said the NCP leadership did injustice with Ajit Pawar, referring to the 2004 assembly poll results. Therefore, I am requesting them to step in and go to the bottom of the case,” he said.
Pune/New Delhi: NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Saturday claimed that Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu’s family members had “personal and financial” link with the aviation firm VSR Ventures — the operator of the plane that crashed in Baramati on Jan 28 with his uncle Ajit Pawar on board — and sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’s intervention in the accident’s probe. He also said he would be writing to the leader of opposition, Rahul Gandhi, to take up the issue in the Parliament session once it commenced again. He said, “Only PM Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah had the capabilities to take on the powerful people connected to VSR. Earlier reporting noted: Rohit termed the BJP minister’s statement “irresponsible” and “unfortunate”. Rohit said. He said NCP gave the chief minister’s post to its alliance partner Congress despite winning more seats. They (Sharad Pawar and Rohit Pawar) should give an explanation for it,” Vikhe Patil said.
“You have always shown respect for Ajit Dada and his contribution to the country. In this context, I request that Rammohan Naidu be asked to resign from his post,” he wrote. “Nobody should face an unfortunate incident like Ajit Pawar. I was shocked by Vikhe Patil’s statement While I have not at all brought up any politics in the issue. Is he trying to divert the entire plane crash incident by making a political statement? “The party deprived Ajit Pawar of the chief minister’s post.
Earlier reporting noted: After Ajit Pawar’s death, many senior members of NCP (SP), including Sharad Pawar and Rohit, claimed that Ajit Pawar wanted to end the bitterness by merging both the parties. Rohit wrote a letter to the Prime Minister on Saturday demanding resignation of the civil aviation minister. Earlier reporting noted: Pune: Cabinet minister and senior BJP member Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil on Friday accused NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar of trying to gain political mileage over the death of his uncle, Ajit Pawar , in a plane crash, and alleged that he and Sharad Pawar did not give the former deputy chief minister the respect he deserved when he was alive.
No transparency could be expected in the plane crash probe till he headed the ministry, Ajit Pawar’s nephew said. TDP sources told TOI that the allegations suggesting involvement of the minister or TDP in shielding anyone connected to Ajit Pawar’s plane crash were completely unfounded, baseless and seemed to be politically motivated. Rohit said the relationship of late Ajit Pawar with BJP was more than that of a mere alliance partner. Now, will BJP prefer to support the alliance partner, TDP, for political reasons or ensure justice to its friend Ajit Pawar?” he told reporters in New Delhi during his third presentation on the crash. He said it had been nearly a month since the crash but the Directorate General of Civil Aviation had not submitted any preliminary report on it yet. Rohit said, “A financial firm owned by Chandrababu Naidu’s family members provided funding to VSR Ventures. A source in TDP said aircraft accident investigations were carried out strictly in accordance with established Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau protocols and International Civil Aviation Organisation norms.
Rohit also repeated his demand for the resignation of civil aviation minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, pointing out that the latter was from TDP. “BJP has TDP’s political support at the Centre, but it had a personal friendship with Ajit Pawar. They participated in the marriage of the aviation firm’s director. When there are personal and financial relations between TDP members and VSR owners, how can we expect an aviation minister, also from TDP, to investigate the crash in an independent and transparent manner?