To mark the 81st birthday of senior leader Sharad Pawar on Sunday (December 12), the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will organise a weeklong 'Swabhiman Saptah' from December 14-20, state party chief and Minister Jayant Patil announced here on Friday.

He said NCP president Pawar will accept peoples' wishes and address a virtual rally from Mumbai's Nehru Centre on Sunday morning, and urged his admirers and followers to refrain from coming to greet him personally.