India, May 4 -- Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) chief Sharad Pawar and Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani met at the Science Park in Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) on Friday. While the meeting reportedly took place for nearly two hours, a representative of the park claimed that it was a visit.

Rajendra Jagdale, director general, Science Park, SPPU said, "It was just a visit."

'We had sought an audience with Adani to brief him about our work and explore ways industry can support us. To our surprise, he agreed to visit, and Pawar saheb facilitated the meeting," he said.

Adani and Pawar spent time at the facility and were informed about key initiatives, including the promotion of over 1,300 startups and funding su...