New Delhi, July 23 -- On the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha Harivansh, and Congress MP Pramod Tiwari paid their respects today at the Parliament premises.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge also paid tribute to both Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak and freedom fighter Chandra Shekhar Azad on their respective birth anniversaries.

In a social media platform X, Kharge quoted Azad on religious tolerance: "I believe in a religion that teaches equality and brotherhood." He honoured Azad as an immortal martyr who sacrificed his life for India's freedom.

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