Mumbai, Jan. 31 -- The Asthi Kalash of former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar will be brought to the state office of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Sunday morning.

NCP State President and Member of Parliament Sunil Tatkare will perform the ritual worship (poojan) of the Asthi Kalash.

On Wednesday morning, Ajit Pawar, 66, died after the aircraft carrying him crashed while attempting to land at Baramati airport in the Pune district. The plane crash-landed near the runway threshold, killing all five people on board the chartered aircraft. Those killed included Pawar's personal security officer, a flight attendant and two pilots.

The crash took place at around 8.48 am. Pawar was travelling from Mumbai to Baramati to c...