Subhechcha Ganguly 
Last month, Ajit Pawar teamed up with the chief minister, Eknath Shinde, and on July 2, he took over as deputy CM with Devendra Fadnavis.Sharad Pawar, the leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and his nephew Ajit Pawar, who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra against his uncle’s wishes, will appear on stage together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday during the Lokmanya Tilak National Award ceremony in Pune.
Sharad Pawar, the leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and his nephew Ajit Pawar, who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra against his uncle’s wishes, will appear on stage together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday during the Lokmanya Tilak National Award ceremony in Pune.Last month, Ajit Pawar teamed up with the chief minister, Eknath Shinde, and on July 2, he took over as deputy CM with Devendra Fadnavis. Later, on July 17, at the YB Chavan Centre in Mumbai, representatives of the Ajit Pawar group met Sharad Pawar for a private conversation.
Today’s event will also be attended by CM Shinde and Fadnavis.
Although Sharad Pawar’s attendance as the event’s keynote guest has drawn criticism from opposition parties including the Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP MP Supriya Sule asserted that discussion is crucial to a democratic society regardless of political disagreements.Modi is in Pune right now for a number of activities. The Lokmanya Tilak National Award for 2023 will be presented to the prime minister at 11.45 am by the Tilak Smarak Mandir Trust in honour of his “supreme leadership” and for “awakening the feeling of patriotism among citizens.”
