India, Feb. 28 -- Even as the Shiv Sena led by deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde has decided to boycott flights operated by VSR Ventures after its Learjet 45 crash killed former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on January 28, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar on Friday travelled on a VSR Ventures aircraft from Mumbai to Nashik to attend a Marathi Bhasha Din programme.

The development comes days after the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) ordered an audit of the company's operations and grounded some of its Learjet 45 aircraft. It remains unclear whether the aircraft used by Fadnavis and Sunetra Pawar was among those under scrutiny. The BJP and the NCP have not announced any formal decis...