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BJP president J.P. Nadda connected Saturday (November 29, 2025) said the Congress made large efforts to erase Sardar Patel from history, with the enactment adjacent questioning the outgo and request for the Statue of Unity constructed arsenic a memorial to the stalwart by the Narendra Modi government.
The Congress did not privation Sardar Patel to beryllium remembered, Mr. Nadda said portion addressing a gathering astatine the 'Sardar@150 Unity March' astatine Atladra colony successful Vadodara.
He besides said the country's archetypal premier curate Jawaharlal Nehru fto the Kashmir contented fester with his policies adjacent arsenic Sardar Patel successfully integrated 562 princely States into the Union aft Independence.
"The Congress, done a conspiracy, deliberately made large efforts to erase Sardar Patel from history. They wanted his sanction to vanish truthful that helium is not remembered. For a agelong time, the Congress worked to guarantee the Iron Man of India is not recorded successful the pages of history," helium said.
While Sardar Patel passed distant successful 1950, it was lone successful 1991 that Bharat Ratna was conferred connected him, Mr. Nadda said.
"Prime Minister Modi genuinely remembered and paid tribute to him, successful the existent consciousness of what Sardar Patel was, what his property was. But, erstwhile Modi decided to conception the world's tallest Statue of Unity successful Gujarat's Narmada territory arsenic a tribute to Patel, the Congress raised questions astir its cost," helium pointed out.
"The Congress asked wherefore truthful overmuch wealth was being spent. And erstwhile the 182-metre statue of Sardar Patel was installed, Congress members questioned what it would accomplish," Mr. Nadda added.
While Sardar Patel agreed 562 States, past premier curate Nehru said helium volition instrumentality the determination connected Jammu and Kashmir, Nadda told the gathering.
"And what did helium decide? Article 370 became specified a nuisance to the unity and integrity of the country. Sardar Patel integrated 562 states into the state and adjacent got Maharaja Hari Singh to motion the Instrument of Accession. Despite this, Jawaharlal Nehru imposed Article 370 (which gave peculiar presumption to J-K). This tyranny was carried retired by Nehru," helium said.
"When we retrieve Sardar Patel, we should retrieve who worked for the unity and integrity of the country. We should besides support successful caput however the enactment of weakening the state was done," the BJP nationalist president said.
It is owed to Modi's volition powerfulness and Union Home Minister Amit Shah's argumentation that Article 370 was yet scrapped connected August 5, 2020, Mr. Nadda said.
"Sardar Patel worked tirelessly to awaken the federation successful caller ways. We indispensable ever retrieve however helium dedicated himself to strengthening the federation done courage, determination, commitment, and nationalist life. He spoke little, but his actions spoke volumes; helium was an bonzer leader," Mr. Nadda said.
