On the one hand, Sharad Pawar was in talks with Narendra Modi to accept the Lokmanya Tilak National Award from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During the same period, the BJP leaders tried to break the NCP leaders and join them in the Maharashtra government. Both these things happened almost at the same time, so what will be the picture at the distribution ceremony to be held at Tilak Maharashtra University in Pune on 1st August. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the chief awardee. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and two Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar will be present as chief guests. NCP President Sharad Pawar and Rohit Tilak, Vice President of the trust through which the award is given, met Sharad Pawar to accept the award from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. And Sharad Pawar called Prime Minister Narendra Modi when Rohit Tilak was in front of him. And the importance of this book convinced them. He received a positive response from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. And the next formal process started.
On June 27, Modi criticized the NCP for corruption. Sharad Pawar held a press conference in Pune on June 29 and said that Narendra Modi has almost given his approval to accept the award. But within three days after that, on June 2, the NCP split, and some MLAs from the NCP along with Ajit Pawar joined the Shinde BJP group. This award has been given since 1983 and so far many eminent people of the country have been given this award. Among the awardees are scientists, politicians, entrepreneurs, and social workers. Among the political figures, Indira Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and Dr . Manmohan Singh have won this award among scientists. Vargiskoorian, Professor MS Swaminathan, Dr. Kota Hari Narayan, Dr . G. Madhava Nair is the recipient of this award. And entrepreneurs include Rahul Bajaj, Baba Kalyani, and Dr. NR Narayanamurthy is the recipient of this award. NCP President Sharad Pawar was also given this award in 2016. This award was given on August 1 by Hon. It will be given to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.