Updated On: 29 July, 2023 07:07 AM IST | New Delhi | IANS
The source added that there were suggestions that Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge could speak to the Sharad Pawar to urge and request him not to attend the function

Sharad Pawar. File photo
Even as the third meeting of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) is all set to take place in Mumbai on August 25 and 26, some of the leaders of the bloc on Friday raised concern over Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Supremo Sharad Pawar sharing stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Maharashtra`s Pune on August 1.
A party source said that during the meeting of floor leaders of the INDIA bloc on Friday, some of the members raised concerns about Pawar being the chief guest of the function in which Modi is honoured with the Lokmanya Tilak Award.