The award was given at a function organized to celebrate the birth centenary of Feroze Gandhi here last evening by the All-India Feroze Gandhi Memorial Society.
President of the Memorial society, AICC General Secretary Oscar Fernandes, MP Naveen Jindal and AICC spokesman Rashid Alvi were among those present on the occasion.
Paying tributes to late Feroze Gandhi, Alvi and Jindal said he was a true patriot and an able parliamentarian who would always stand for the right cause. They said he was an outspoken person and even did not hesitate in criticizing the government.