PUNE: Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar felt unwell during a meeting at his hometown Baramati on Saturday evening and advised rest by doctors, party sources said.

Pawar was 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 was cancelled, sources added.