New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- BJP's Lok Sabha MP Ravi Kishan on Wednesday expressed grief over the demise of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, terming his death as an "irreparable loss" to both the state and the country.

Recalling his personal association with Pawar, Kishan said the NCP leader was popularly known as "Baramati ka raja" (The king of Baramati).

"There could not be a bigger loss for Maharashtra politics and for the country. I knew him personally, and he was known as 'Baramati ka raja'," Ravi Kishan told reporters.

He was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time in 1991 from the Baramati Parliamentary constituency but vacated his seat for his uncle Sharad Pawar. Later on, Later, he was elected to the Maharashtra Legi...