Son of state NCP chief electrocuted

Mumbai, November 01: Union agriculture minister and NCP president Sharad Pawar has cancelled all his crucial political meetings scheduled for November 1 and 2 following the accidental death of the son of state NCP president Madhukar Pichad.

According to a senior NCP leader, Jeetendra (31) died after he came in contact with a live wire in his hometown, Akole, in Ahmednagar on Monday.

Pawar had convened a meeting of NCP ministers on November 1 and senior party leaders on November 2, to discuss the party’s strategy for the coming elections.

–Agencies