Maharashtra: PM Modi announces to donate prize money of Lokmanya Tilak National Award to Namami Gange project
India TV NewsPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced to donate the reward money to the Namami Gange project, after he was conferred the Lokmanya Tilak National Award at an event in Pune. PM invokes Savarkar The Prime Minister invoked Veer Savarkar during his address after being conferred with Lokmanya Tilak National Award while NCP chief Sharad Pawar was on stage. The Prime Minister today shook hands with Pawar before the ceremony and was seen having a candid conversation with the NCP chief, first time after the recent NCP split caused due to Ajit Pawar joining the Maharashtra government. He also took a swipe at the Opposition over the change of names of places and said, “If we change the names of the roads from foreign invaders to Indian heroes, some people start voicing against it.” Eknath Shinde lauds PM Modi Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde lauded PM Modi and said, "It is a matter of pride for us when leaders of other countries take his autograph and respect him.