Somabhai Patel and Dheerubhai Patel, says injustice was meted out to their great-grandfather as was not made the prime minister of India
The first ray of the sun on Wednesday, when the statue awaited the country's official applaud, turned golden at the feet of the stalwart. The illuminating brightness the leader has left behind is driving the nation to the 182-mt statue. Around ten members of Sardar Patel's family reached the inaugural ceremony of the world's tallest statue.
The grandnephew and grandson of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's eldest brother, Somabhai Patel and Dheerubhai Patel, said injustice was meted out to their great-grandfather as was not made the prime minister of India.
Nonagenarian Dheerubhai, talking exclusively to DNA, said, "Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru are responsible for not letting Sardar Patel be the prime minister of India. If Sardar Patel would be the first PM of India, our nation's fate would be different." "I have sheer despondency on this issue as he had always a clean character. Today, all the wrongdoings of Nehru-Gandhi clan have been disposed of. As members of his family, we all wished that Sardar Patel should have been made the first PM of India. Congress is spreading all myths taking Sardar Patel and they never let his contribution shine out just to glorify image of Nehru," he said. Dheerubhai and the members of his family believe that all credit went to incumbent PM Narendra Modi who made efforts to make Sardar Patel's image popular among the global community.
"We are happy today if we put the past aside. It's a proud moment for our family because our great grandfather has got this honour and respect from Narendra Modi. He is the greatest leader and PM India ever got." Dheerubhai sister, Urmilaben, said. "Gandhiji used to say Nehru remained flying in the air but Sardar Patel is the man of ground (ground reality). Narendra Modi is like Patel. He is the leader who is famous in the world unlike any other prime minister was in the history of India. He has made us proud on our grandfather," Dheerubhai said.
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 "Somabhai Patel and Dheerubhai Patel; (right) Urmilaben")
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