Sharad Pawar plays chess with family as India begins 21-day lockdown to fight coronavirus

NCP president Sharad Pawar's moves on the political chessboard are hard to beat, but the veteran politician is a good player on the actual chessboard as well.

With the 21-day national lockdown beginning on Wednesday, his daughter Supriya Sule posted a video on Instagram showing here father engrossed in a game of chess with her and her daughter Revati.

Supriya, NCP MP from Baramati, said it is never easy to play chess with her father. "He defeated me and my daughter within a few minutes. We are reading books, spending time with family. You too stay at home and be safe," she told her Instagram followers.