Kevadiya: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lauded the vision of Sardar Patel. He said that the decision to revoke Article 370 was an inspiration from the former home minister of India.
Abrogation of Article 370 was an attempt to find a solution to a decades-old problem, Modi said while addressing a public rally on the occasion of his 69th birthday today.
Modi added that Hyderabad Liberation Day is a result of Sardar Patel’s vision. This particular day is observed on September 17 each year and it marks the day in 1948 when the erstwhile Hyderabad State was annexed to the Indian Union.
PM Modi said that he is happy to witness the increasing number of visitors to the Statue of Unity. The Sardar Sarovar project is catering to needs of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan and has benefitted people in these four states, Modi said.
Earlier today Modi offered prayers as part of the state government’s “Namami Devi Narmade Mahotsav” celebrations being held to mark the dam receiving water to its full capacity.
Gujarat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers prayers at Sardar Sarovar Dam. pic.twitter.com/aR7hdAakAT
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Modi is celebrating his birthday in his native Gujarat and he began the day with a visit to the Statue of Unity and the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the river Narmada.
