By Admin 
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid tribute to Iron Man Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on the death anniversary today, Monday (December 15, 2025). In a program organized in Lucknow, CM Yogi said that the present form of India is the contribution of Sardar Patel. He held Jawaharlal Nehru responsible for the Kashmir dispute.
CM Yogi said in the program organized on the death anniversary of Sardar Patel in Lucknow that India will always remember the Iron Man Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel as the architect of the form of India today, this form is his gift.
CM Yogi said that everyone knows that the Nizam of Hyderabad and the Nawab of Junagadh did not want him to join the Republic of India. Because when this country was getting independent, the British rulers gave the freedom to the princely states of this country to remain with Pakistan or the Republic of India or maintain an independent existence. The Chief Minister said that Sardar Patel made Junagadh and Hyderabad a part of the Republic of India through a bloodless revolution. Only due to the wisdom of Sardar Patel, both these princely states became part of the Republic of India. The Nawab of Junagadh and the Nizam of Hyderabad had to flee the country.
Nehru responsible for Kashmir dispute
CM Yogi said that he was confused as to where to include the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, so Jawaharlal Nehru took it into his hands. Nehru made Jammu and Kashmir so controversial that it continued to bite India even after independence. The country got militancy and separatism from the same Kashmir because of Pandit Nehru.
Sardar Patel had strongly opposed the partition of India. At the time of independence, 567 princely states were made part of the Republic of India. CM Yogi said that the country is grateful to PM Modi for taking forward the resolution of one head and one symbol in one country by abolishing Article 370 in Kashmir and making Kashmir a part of the Republic of India.
It was the misfortune of the country that when the country was about to receive the leadership of Sardar Patel, his physical leadership was separated from us on 15 December 1950 but his memories became a new inspiration for all of us.
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