President
of India, Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu, Union Home
Minister, Amit Shah and Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Anil Baijal, are among
other leaders who paid floral tributes to the Iron Man of India, Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel.
This special program was organized to
mark Patel’s birth anniversary at Sardar Patel chowk of New Delhi on Saturday.
Union Home Minister, Amit Shah said, “Iron willed leadership, devotion and
patriotism of Sardar Patel ji will continue to guide us”. Shah administered
Rashtriya Ekta Diwas pledge to the people paying his respects to the great
patriot, Sardar Patel, on behalf of a grateful nation.
“Salutation to the Iron Man, Sardar
Patel, who is an epitome of national unity and lives in the heart of every Indian”,
he added. Sardar Patel has united the
nation post Independence which was scattered in hundreds of Princely states and
laid the foundation of today's strong India. Country can never forget his great
contribution, decisive leadership and unparalleled commitment towards the
motherland. The Union Minister said, “From uniting India to reconstruction of
the Somnath Temple, Sardar Patel has devoted each and every moment of his life,
for the unity and integration of the country”.
(Source: MHA PR)