Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar felt unwell during a meeting in his hometown Baramati in Maharashtra's Pune district and has been advised rest by doctors, party sources said.

Pawar was on Saturday evening attending a meeting at Vidya Pratishthan, a trust controlled by his family, when he felt unwell and was immediately examined by doctors, they said. The 82-year-old leader was in Baramati for Diwali. His scheduled visit to Purandar in Pune district on Sunday has been cancelled, sources added.