Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s plane crash may not have been an accident but a conspiracy, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) state spokesperson Umesh Patil has claimed, while stressing that there is no concrete evidence to support the suspicion so far.

Speaking about the crash, Patil said questions about whether it was an accident or a conspiracy had been raised across Maharashtra at various levels.

He pointed out that official investigating agencies were looking into the incident and said it would be premature to draw conclusions before the technical aspects of the plane crash were examined.

“According to me, what happened to Ajit Dada was not an accident but a conspiracy. This is my gut feeling,” Patil said.

Explaining the basis of his suspicion, Patil said he and other party members had been associated with Ajit Pawar for the past 20 to 25 years. “Considering various incidents and circumstances together, I feel there is a definite possibility that this was a conspiracy,” Patil said.

However, he cautioned against making definitive claims without evidence, acknowledging that nobody had any concrete proof at present and that the suspicions were largely based on assumptions and unanswered questions.

Patil said he, too, had questions about the circumstances surrounding the crash but maintained that it would be appropriate to comment further only after the investigation reached a substantial stage.

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With inputs from Vijaykumar Ramchandra Babar