BJP has no icons who fought for freedom, thus honouring Sardar: Priyanka

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday (October 31) said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has no legendary freedom fighter of its own and therefore was forced to pay tribute to a dedicated Congress leader like Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

“Sardar Patel was a dedicated leader of the Congress who believed in the party’s ideology. He was a close associate of Jawaharlal Nehru and strictly opposed the RSS. The BJP’s attempt to appropriate Sardar Patel and its tributes makes me happy,” tweeted Priyanka.

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..ऐक्शन से दो चीज़ें स्पष्ट होती हैं:

1. उनका अपना कोई स्वतंत्रता सेनानी महापुरुष नहीं है। तक़रीबन सभी कांग्रेस से जुड़े थे।

2. सरदार पटेल जैसे महापुरुष को एक न एक दिन उनके शत्रुओं को भी नमन करना पड़ता है।
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— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) October 31, 2019

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She said that the BJP’s actions makes two things clear — “1. The BJP has no legendary freedom fighter of their own; 2. Even enemies of icons like Sardar Patel are forced to revere him.”

This comes on a day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the country in honouring Patel on his birth anniversary on Thursday. Modi and several other ministers addressed gatherings across the country to mark his birth anniversary, which the government has designated “National Unity Day”.