‘Sardar Patel in our ideas’: How Congress celebration is reclaiming Iron Man’s legacy | India Information – The Occasions of India
NEW DELHI: In a rigorously choreographed transfer wealthy in symbolism, the Congress celebration on Tuesday laid out its future technique throughout a Congress Working Committee (CWC) assembly held on the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Museum in Ahmedabad. Among the many key messages from the gathering was a daring declaration: the celebration intends to reclaim the legacy of the Iron Man of India.
“Sardar Patel Saheb lives in our hearts, lives in our ideas. We’re taking his legacy ahead. Now we have organised this CWC assembly in Ahmedabad at Sardar Patel Museum with this thought in thoughts. We pay our heartfelt tributes to him,” the grand previous celebration’s president Mallikarjun Kharge mentioned.
The selection of venue was greater than ceremonial—it was a pointed political message. Because the Bharatiya Janata Celebration continues to accuse the Congress of sidelining Patel’s legacy, the grand previous celebration is asserting its historic ties with the architect of recent India.
Kharge went all out with declaring the irony of BJP-RSS claiming the Iron Man’s legacy though Patel’s ideology conflicted with that of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), noting that Patel had even imposed a ban on the organisation.
“However it’s laughable that as we speak the individuals of that organisation declare Sardar Patel’s legacy,” Kharge mentioned.
“An environment is being created towards the Congress celebration which has a wonderful historical past of serving and combating for the nation for the final 140 years. This work is being achieved by individuals who haven’t any accomplishments,” he added.
He accused the BJP and RSS of intentionally making a false narrative that Patel and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had been at odds, although the 2 leaders shared an in depth relationship and had been “two sides of the identical coin.”
“They (BJP-RSS) conspired to indicate that the connection between Sardar Patel and Pandit Nehru was such that the 2 heroes had been towards one another. However the reality is that they had been two sides of the identical coin. Many incidents and paperwork are witness to their cordial relationship,” he mentioned.
“There was virtually day by day correspondence between the 2. Nehruji used to take his recommendation on all issues. Nehruji had immense respect for Patel Sahab. If he needed to take some recommendation, he himself would go to Patelji’s home. For Patelji’s comfort, CWC conferences had been held at his residence,” he added.
Extensively revered because the Iron Man of India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was a distinguished chief of the Indian Nationwide Congress who labored intently with Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru within the battle for independence. Following India’s liberation in 1947, he turned the nation’s first dwelling minister and deputy prime minister, enjoying a vital function in unifying over 500 princely states into the newly shaped Indian Union.
The BJP has repeatedly accused the Congress—and, by extension, the Nehru-Gandhi household—of neglecting the legacy of towering Gujarati figures like Sardar Patel.
