Sardar Patel wanted to unite entire Kashmir with India, Nehru did not allow it: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that India’s first Home Minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, had wanted to fully integrate Jammu and Kashmir into India, but was prevented from doing so by then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

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Speaking at the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas celebrations near the Statue of Unity in Ekta Nagar, Modi said, “Sardar Patel wanted to unite the entire Kashmir, just as he did with other princely states. But Nehru ji stopped his wish from being fulfilled. Kashmir was divided, given a separate Constitution and a separate flag, and the nation suffered for decades because of Congress’ mistake.”

At the Statue of Unity in Kevadia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi marked Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s 150th birth anniversary with a fierce call for unity, declaring that India will root out every infiltrator and crush the remnants of Naxal-Maoist terror.

Drawing strength from Patel’s legacy, Modi said this is the India of the Iron Man, unyielding on security, self-respect, and national sovereignty.

Against the backdrop of rain-washed hills, Modi’s voice echoed Patel’s indomitable spirit, a reminder that unity remains India’s greatest strength.

Modi declared that post-2014, India has delivered a “decisive blow” to Naxal-Maoist terror and vowed to eliminate every infiltrator threatening the nation’s integrity.

“On Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, our pledge is to remove every infiltrator living in India,” the Prime Minister asserted, linking security and unity as inseparable pillars of a strong nation.