Pune, Jan. 29 -- Political leaders cutting across party lines and industrialists today expressed deep sorrow and paid homage to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP (AP) president Ajit Pawar, who died in a tragic plane crash in his native Baramative yesterday.

Whether it is the Nationalist Congress Party, Shiv Sena or BJP, forgetting party differences, there was only one emotion visible in the eyes of every worker: "We have lost our Dada."The Dada who shaped ministers and MLAs, and who uplifted ordinary workers through his trust-his passing has created a huge void not only in politics but also in people's hearts.

NCP worker Yogesh Varhade said that "Ajit Dada was everything to me. He trusted an ordinary worker from a humble family li...