India, March 12 -- Congress leader Rohit Tilak, great-grandson of freedom fighter Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, is set to quit the party and is likely to join chief minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena in the coming days.

Speaking to reporters, Tilak said differences with Congress leadership widened after Prime Minister Narendra Modi was felicitated with the Lokmanya Tilak National Award three years ago.

"When Prime Minister Narendra Modi was felicitated with the Lokmanya Award, the Congress leadership distanced itself from me. I tried to explain that the award is not associated with any political party and is given to people from various walks of life, but the party maintained its distance," Tilak said.

He also revealed that the Shiv ...