Dehradun, Jan. 30 -- Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar's death in a plane crash, along with four others, tragic as it is has serious political connotations. As the leader of the NCP that broke away from his uncle Sharad Pawar's leadership, he was a crucial factor in holding up the present ruling alliance in Maharashtra. He was a seasoned politician and had been Deputy CM six non-consecutive times, having also held numerous other ministerial posts. One of the three pillars that held up the present government, along with BJP's Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena's Eknath Shinde, his passing is likely to create uncertainty in the state's political equations.
In recent local elections, his NCP had not performed too well and his allies were applying...