India, Jan. 29 -- Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar's sons, Jay and Parth Pawar, lit the funeral pyre of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader on Thursday and bid a final goodbye to their father, who died in a tragic plane crash the previous day.

Jay Pawar and Parth Pawar performed their father's last rites at the Vidya Pratishthan ground in their hometown, Baramati, surrounded by family, colleagues and a sea of the late NCP leader's supporters. Follow latest news on Ajit Pawar's death and the plane crash

Ajit Pawar was accorded a state funeral on Thursday, with CM Devendra Fadnavis, deputy CM Eknath Shinde, Union home minister Amit Shah, Union minister Nitin Gadkari and BJP national president Nitin Nabin in attendance ...