NEW DELHI: NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Sunday urged Union home minister Amit Shah to announce a CBI probe into the death of former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and name Pune’s Ring Road after the late leader. This came as Shah is on a two-day visit to Pune and is set to unveil a statue of Ajit Pawar.“Rather than limiting Dada’s achievements to merely unveiling a statue, it would be better if Shah announced that the Pune ring road would be named after Ajit Dada and that the CBI would investigate Dada’s accident. Otherwise, we will launch a major agitation to get the ring road named after him on the anniversary of Dada’s death..!” he said in a post on X.Shah is scheduled to unveil a statue of Ajit Pawar at the Pune Zilla Parishad office on Monday.The NCP (SP) legislator thanked the district council leaders who supported the installation of the statue but questioned why state ministers who had benefited from Ajit Pawar’s political support were not demanding that the Ring Road be named after him.“I understand that Union Home Minister Amit Shah will unveil a statue of Ajit Dada in Pune. Thanks to him for unveiling a statue erected by district council leaders who revere Dada, given that Dada’s party is in power in the Pune district council! But don’t those who have enjoyed ministerial posts in the state government thanks to Ajit Dada think the ring road in Pune should be named after him?” he said.He warned that if the government did not announce the naming of the road, his party would launch a major agitation on Ajit Pawar’s death anniversary to press for the demand.
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Rohit Pawar also said efforts would continue to establish whether the former deputy CM’s death was an accident or a conspiracy.Ajit Pawar died on January 28 this year when a Learjet 45 aircraft operated by VSR Ventures crashed while attempting to land at Baramati airport. The aircraft was flying from Mumbai to Baramati. Four others were also killed in the crash.The Maharashtra CID and the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), under the Union civil aviation ministry, are conducting separate investigations into the incident.Following Ajit Pawar’s death, his wife Sunetra Pawar took over as the NCP president and became Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister.