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Congress reminded BJP that Sardar Patel was an INC leader
Posted On Oct 31 2015
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“It reflects how he made efforts to keep his family away from politics”, he said.
The Prime Minister also paid homage to former Prime Minister Smt.
The hoardings were visible to those who passed through the area after participating in the “Run for Unity” flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“This will be true tribute to Patel”, he added.
“As we are commemorating Vallabhbhai Patel, we also remember Indira Gandhi this day”. He explained that it had been Sardar Patel who put Asia as well as unity.
A fact that very few Indians know if at all, that the first Home Minister of independent India (Patel) implemented a ban on the RSS for their alleged role in Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination and for acts of violence against the minority community.
Patel had written a letter in November 1950 to Nehru warning him of the dangers of China’s ambitions in the north of India. Addressing an enthusiastic gathering of youth and students at Rajpath in New Delhi on October 31, he said that the unity of India had been bonded by Sardar Patel.
“Despite India being a culturally diverse nation since many years, the architect of modern India without a doubt is Sardar Patel”.
Modi has said that the people all over the nation have to take inspiration from the Patel’s life and start work for the Country’s unity and diversity. Every child will be taught Tamil songs, Tamil films will be screened. There can be food festival, tours of people of Haryana to Tamil Nadu and vice versa.
“This would be a good instrument to unite the country and know other States and their languages”, Mr. Modi said. The 30-feet-tall replica built at an estimated cost of Rs 80 crores is a part of the main project of erecting a 182-feettall Statue of Unity near Sardar Sarovar Dam in Kevadia taluka of Narmada district.
Mr. Modi said that as Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation Mayor, Sardar Patel had conducted a cleanliness drive for 222 days. Incidentally, Mr. Modi had also launched the Swachh Bharat mission in 2014.
