India, Feb. 3 -- Less than a week after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president and former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash, opposition leaders, including Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut and senior Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar, have questioned the circumstances of the incident, alleging possible foul play and demanding an independent investigation. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has dismissed the allegations as misleading.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, Raut described the death as "mysterious". He alleged that Pawar had threatened to expose alleged corruption involving the BJP just days before his death. Raut later raised the issue in the Rajya Sabha as well.

"Ajit Pawar warned that he would expose a file...