NCP chief Sharad Pawar hospitalised in Mumbai

Sharad Pawar. File Pic

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar has been admitted to Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai after his health deteriorated, NCP said in an official statement on Monday.

It said that Pawar is likely to be discharged on November 2 and will later participate in party events in Shirdi on November 4-5.

The 81-year-old Rajya Sabha member will remain in the hospital for next couple of days and later attend a party meeting scheduled to begin on November 3, NCP's general secretary Shivajirao Garje said in a statement.

After the veteran politician complained of uneasiness, he was admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital on the advice of his physician, he said.

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The functionary appealed to party leaders and workers not to gather at the hospital.

Pawar is reportedly likely to also participate in Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra after it enters Maharashtra. Pawa may join Congress leader Rahul Gandhi-led 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' on November 8, a day after it enters Maharashtra through Nanded.

Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole had on Sunday said that Pawar has accepted the invite to be part of the march.

Earlier, Sharad Pawar was hospitalised in April last year to undergo a gallbladder surgery. The NCP chief was diagnosed with stones in the gallbladder in a medical examination.

(with PTI inputs)