Parth Pawar, the eldest of state's Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar had earlier written a letter to state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh seeking a CBI probe in actor Shushant Singh Rajput's death.

Mocking a farmer on a hunger strike, Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar at a public rally in Pune on 7 April (2013) said, ‘If there is no water in the dam, what should we do? Urinate in it?’. The remark has sparked of nationwide protest for what is seen as an example of a politician’s crass insensitivity towards the common man’s distress. And the comment has also angered many in the Bollywood industry.