New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, paid floral tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 70th death anniversary, in Hazratganj in Lucknow, on Tuesday.
While addressing the gathering, Chief Minister said, “Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Iron Man of India has helped the country stay united. His contribution to our country remains very valuable.”
“I extend my tribute to the Iron Man of India, Sardar Patel ji on his death anniversary. Your life journey continues to inspire us and drive us forward to achieve the motto of Ek Bharat-Shreshth Bharat,” the Chief Minister tweeted (roughly translated from Hindi).
स्वाधीन भारत को एकता के सूत्र में पिरोने वाले लौह पुरुष, संविधान एवं सनातन मूल्यों के रक्षक, सरदार वल्लभभाई पटेल जी को उनकी पुण्यतिथि पर कोटि-कोटि नमन।
आपका राष्ट्रनिष्ठ जीवन हमें “एक भारत-श्रेष्ठ भारत” के निर्माण हेतु सतत प्रेरणा प्रदान करता है।
— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) December 15, 2020
‘Nation indebted to Iron Man’
Speaking at GPO park in capital, Yogi Adityanath said, “the country may have been fragmented into political identities during different time-frames. It was Sardar Patel who anchored the very thought of oneness and unitedness and integrated cultural ethos and sense of nationality,” he said.
CM Yogi said that Sardar Patel never wanted any division or partition and he had his role to repulse all attempts to divide the country.
“We owe him a lot for giving what we have today in the form of strong and united India and the feeling of patriotism instilled in us to the core,” he said.
लौह पुरुष, सरदार वल्लभभाई पटेल जी की पुण्यतिथि के अवसर पर… https://t.co/pyOEPXLwaw
— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) December 15, 2020
PM Modi’s tribute to ‘Iron Man of India’
Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to the ‘Iron Man of India’ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 70th death anniversary.
The Prime Minister said that the path shown by Sardar Patel will always inspire to protect the unity, integrity, and sovereignty of India.
“Tribute to Iron Man Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel who laid the foundation of a strong and prosperous India on his death anniversary. The path shown by him will always inspire us to protect the unity, integrity and sovereignty of the country,” the Prime Minister tweeted (roughly translated from Hindi).
Born on October 31, 1875, Sardar Patel, who is credited with uniting all 562 princely states of the pre-independent country to build the Republic of India, passed away on December 15, 1950.
