A day after he decided to stay on at the helm of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Sharad Pawar reached his home turf Baramati in Maharashtra's Pune district on Saturday.

Pawar was welcomed by office-bearers of the party amid slogans like "Desh ka neta kaisa ho, Pawar Saheb jaisa ho". The party workers in Baramati also thanked him for deciding to remain as NCP chief.