Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that he has resolved the Kashmir issue, while addressing a rally in poll-bound Gujarat.
PM Modi launched a veiled attack on Former Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru saying that Sardar Patel resolved issues of the merger of other princely states, but “one person” could not resolve the Kashmir issue, as reported by news agency PTI.
Addressing a rally in Gujarat’s Anand ahead of Assembly elections due this year-end, PM said he was able to resolve the long-pending Kashmir issue as he is walking in the footsteps of Sardar Patel.
“Sardar saheb persuaded all the princely states to merge with India. But another person handled this one issue of Kashmir,” Modi said, without naming India’s first prime minister.
“As I am following the footsteps of Sardar saheb, I have values of the land of Sardar and that was the reason I resolved the problem of Kashmir and paid true tributes to Sardar Patel,” Modi said.
The PM is on a three-day visit to Gujarat from Sunday, ahead of the Assembly polls due in the BJP-ruled state later this year.