Narendra Modi says ‘Statue of Unity was not built to spite Nehru’
Narendra Modi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, said the imposing statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s in Gujarat has not been built to “belittle” former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
While addressing an election rally in Gujarat’s Amreli, Modi said, “Don’t you feel proud when the Statue of Unity and Gujarat’s name appear when you search for the world’s tallest statue on Google?”
He further said, “I have not built Sardar Patel’s statue to belittle Pandit Nehru. Patel’s stature is so tall that you don’t have to try too hard to make others look small.”
Modi then took a swipe at Congress and said though the Congress says Patel was their leader, no leader of that party has visited the statue so far. The “Statue of Unity” was unveiled by Modi on October 31 last year at Sadhu Bet island on Narmada river. The statue is 182-metre tall.
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