Updated On: 11 July, 2023 07:09 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole said on Tuesday that had Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak been alive today, he would not have liked that an award, instituted in his name, to be given to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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If Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak had been alive today, he would not have liked that an award, instituted in his name, to be given to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole said on Tuesday.
Pune-based Tilak Smarak Mandir Trust (Hind Swaraj Sangh) has decided to confer the Lokmanya Tilak National Award upon PM Modi on August 1, the 103rd death anniversary of Lokmanya Tilak, PTI reported.