Mumbai, Sept. 3 -- The political storm surrounding the tragic fatal aircraft crash of late leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has intensified dramatically, with the Congress backing the fierce demands raised by Member of Parliament Supriya Sule.

Senior Congress leader Nana Patole launched a scathing attack on the ruling dispensation, openly accusing the Devendra Fadnavis government of hiding critical information regarding the high-profile accident and questioning the conspicuous silence of the 40 ruling Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLAs and 9 ministers aligned with Sunetra Pawar's faction.

Condemning the state administration, leaders have expressed profound anguish that despite a sitting deputy chief minister losing hi...