Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel resolved issues of the merger of other princely states, but “one person” could not resolve the Kashmir issue, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on October 10, in a veiled attack on India's first PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
Addressing a rally in Gujarat's Anand district ahead of the State Assembly elections due this year-end, Mr. Modi said he was able to resolve the long-pending Kashmir issue as he is walking in the footsteps of India's first home minister Sardar Patel.
Mr. Modi also said that "Urban Naxals" had tried to stall Sardar Patel's dream project of the Sardar Sarovar dam.
