Chennai, Jan. 28 -- BJP leader and MP Meenakashi Lekhi on Wednesday expressed her deepest condolences over the demise of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who died earlier today in a charter plane crash in Baramati.

Speaking to ANI, Lekhi said, "I am very sorry to have learnt about this. My deepest condolences to the family. It is a very sad incident, and I can only pray for the family, because those who are left behind will continue to remember him and carry forward the work he undertook for the public good."

Ajit Pawar, 66, died this morning after the aircraft carrying him crashed while attempting to land at Baramati airport in Pune district. The plane crash-landed near the runway threshold, killing all five people on boar...