Hinting at retirement from parliamentary politics, Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said he will have to think about whether he should seek another Rajya Sabha term after his current tenure ends in 2026.

According to news agency PTI, while speaking at a campaign rally for grand-nephew Yugendra in the Baramati Assembly Constituency's Supa area, 83-year-old Sharad Pawar said he has to stop at some point and make way for the new leadership.

The veteran politician has won 14 elections during his political career. He first entered the Maharashtra Assembly in 1967 and was made a minister in the state government five years later.

"With your support, I first went to the state assembly. I became a minister of state and [then] the cabinet minister. I became chief minister four times and worked as defence minister at the Centre. Later, I worked as agriculture minister for 10 years, and today I am in the Rajya Sabha," said Sharad Pawar, while addressing the rally.

Some years ago, he decided not to contest the Lok Sabha elections as he wanted to give the responsibility to a new leadership, he said.