Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh praised the role played by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in shaping the geography of India after independence.
Speaking before flagging off the Run for Unity to mark the 139th birth anniversary of Sardar Patel here on Friday, Rajnath Singh recalled the role played by the country’s first Home Minister in uniting over 500 small States and kingdoms into Indian Union. He said all States were merged in an extremely peaceful manner. However, he said that the last Nizam forced Sardar Patel to order Police Action to merge the erstwhile Hyderabad State with Indian union.
BJP senior leaders including T Kishan Reddy, Bandaru Dattatreyya, Dr K Lakshman and other legislators were also present. (INN)