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Modi says ‘Statue of Unity was not built to spite Nehru’

Prime Minister Narendra Mod said the imposing statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s in Gujarat has not been built to “belittle” former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. He said, “Patel’s stature is so tall that you don’t have to try too hard to make others look small.” Read More

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In her book, Mamata Banerjee says ‘India turning into religious orthodoxy under Narendra Modi regime’

Mamata says ‘India becoming religious orthodoxy under Modi’

West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee, in her latest book – “India in Distress”, has said under Narendra Modi’s premiership, India is becoming a country of religious orthodoxy. Read More

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Patel’s grandnephew says it’s a tribute long overdue, but Sardar would have said ‘no’ to statue

Patel’s grandnephew says Sardar would have said ‘no’ to statue

Terming the Statue of Unity as a tribute long overdue to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, his grandnephew, 91-year-old Dhirubhai Patel, however, said “he (Sardar Patel) would have said no to it.” Read More

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Mayawati says BJP must apologize to dalits for criticizing statues of their icons

Mayawati: BJP must apologize for criticizing statues of dalit icons

Mayawati, the leader of Bahujan Samaj Party, demanded an apology from the BJP and the RSS for criticizing her for building parks and memorials in commemoration of dalit icons when she was the chief minister of UP. Read More

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Display Sardar Patel’s order banning RSS on Statue of Unity, Anand Sharma says

Display Patel’s order banning RSS on Statue of Unity: Anand Sharma

Congress’s Anand Sharma said, that Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s 1948 order banning the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh should be placed at a foot of the huge Sardar Patel statue, named as the “Statue of Unity”. Read More

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