INDIA bloc leader and NCP chief Sharad Pawar visits Adani office, residence in Ahmedabad

In April, Mr Adani had visited Mr Pawar’s residence Silver Oak in south Mumbai.

Amid criticism from opposition parties against the Adani Group, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar met billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani on Saturday and visited the businessman’s office and residence in Ahmedabad.

The NCP chief had raised eyebrows when he met billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani earlier this year amidst demands by opposition parties for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into allegations levelled by US short seller Hindenburg against the business group.

Mr Pawar is a frontline leader of the umbrella opposition INDIA bloc, which is looking to challenge the ruling BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.

On Saturday, Mr Pawar and Mr Adani first inaugurated a factory at a village in Sanand in Ahmedabad.

The NCP chief thereafter visited Mr Adani's residence and office in Ahmedabad, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. It wasn't immediately known what transpired in the meeting.

Mr Pawar posted on X pictures of him and the industrialist cutting a ribbon of the factory.

"It was a privilege to inaugurate India's first Lactoferrin Plant Exympower in Vasna, Chacharwadi, Gujarat along with Mr. Gautam Adani," the NCP president posted on X.