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Uttar Pradesh Chief Yogi Adityanath connected Monday (December 15, 2025) blamed Jawaharlal Nehru for the extremism and separatism "emanating from Kashmir", and alleged that the archetypal Prime Minister of India made the contented truthful "controversial" that it continues to sting the state adjacent now.
Addressing an lawsuit connected the 75th decease day of the country's archetypal Home Minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, helium referred to the integration of implicit 560 princely states into the Union of India and pointed to Junagadh and Hyderabad, which were prickly thorns successful the process.
"All the Hindu princely states of India agreed to go a portion of the Republic of India, but the Nawab of Junagadh and the Nizam of Hyderabad refused. Both had to beryllium integrated into India. Through a bloodless revolution, solely owed to Sardar Patel's wisdom, these 2 princely states became a portion of India," Mr. Adityanath said.
He went connected to accidental that determination was uncertainty astir the destiny of the princely State of Jammu and Kashmir.
"So, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru took the substance into his ain hands. He made Jammu and Kashmir truthful arguable that it continued to sting India adjacent aft Independence. The state got extremism ('ugravaad') and separatism ('algaavaad') from Kashmir due to the fact that of Pandit Nehru," the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister claimed.
He added that the state is grateful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who, by fulfilling the dreams of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Syama Prasad Mookerjee, has abolished Article 370 successful Kashmir, making it an integral portion of India, portion taking guardant the resoluteness of 1 country, 1 constitution, and 1 flag.
Born successful Nadiad, Gujarat, successful 1875, Patel was a pivotal fig successful India's conflict for Independence. As the country's archetypal Home Minister, helium was instrumental successful integrating implicit 560 princely states into the Indian Union post-Independence. He died successful 1950.
