'Sharad Pawar to be discharged from hospital in 1-2 days'

NCP Chief Sharad Pawar is doing "fine" and will be discharged in the next 1-2 days, party's Maharashtra unit president Sunil Tatkare said on Tuesday.

Mumbai: NCP Chief Sharad Pawar, who was hospitalised on Sunday following reaction to medication, is doing "fine" and will be discharged in the next 1-2 days, party's Maharashtra unit president Sunil Tatkare said on Tuesday.

"Pawar saheb had to be hospitalised after he suffered a reaction to a medicine that he was taking, but after being treated he is fine. Once he is released by tomorrow evening or day after tomorrow in the morning, he will start with his usual work," he told reporters.

Dr Parvez Grant, Managing Trustee and Chief Cardiologist of Ruby Hall clinic, where the Maratha strongman was admitted on January 24, had said Pawar was suffering from a 'minor kidney problem' and 'water retention'.