Pune: Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar, presently in hospital for a medical routine, was mighty amused about rumours of his "death" doing the rounds on social media networks here on Tuesday.

So persistent were the gossip and grapevine that the NCP released a brief video clip of the party supremo seated on a bed in Ruby Hospital, sporting a blue patient gown and chatting away with his daughter Supriya Sule, family members, party workers and media persons.