National Congress Party founder and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday fainted in Parliament just after the conclusion of Question Hour. He complained of dizziness and then fainted. Immediately was taken away in an official car from the Parliament premises accompanied by his daughter and Baramati MP Supriya Sule and Union Minister Praful Patel.

An ambulance was waiting for Pawar but he chose to leave Parliament in an official car. "Pawar complained of dizziness," Minister of State in the PMO V Narayanasamy said. There were reports that the NCP chief fainted in the lobby of the Lok Sabha but this were not immediately confirmed. Pawar had answered a number of supplementaries on questions related to agriculture during the Question Hour in the Lok Sabha.