Nagpur, 24 July

(HS): Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has been

selected for the Lokmanya Tilak National Award by the Lokmanya Tilak Memorial

Trust, Pune.

The award will

be conferred upon Gadkari at Tilak Smarak Mandir, Pune, on August 1, the death anniversary

of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak. The award consists of a scroll of honour,

memento, and Rs 1 lakh.

President of the

Trust Dr Rohit Tilak said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief

Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, and former Union Home Minister Sushilkumar

Shinde will remain present.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar