New Delhi: There is a public opinion that if Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had been made India’s first prime minister, the country would not have faced many problems, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday.
He was addressing students and teachers of the Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in Delhi on the 147th birth anniversary of Patel, India’s first home minister. The school is run by the Gujarat Education Society.
Patel was born on October 31, 1875 at Nadiad in Gujarat.
Shah also expressed his condolences to the families of those who died in Gujarat’s Morbi bridge collapse on Sunday, saying the entire country was saddened by the tragic accident in which many children also lost their lives.
Talking about Patel, the home minister said students and children should read up on him to know about his vision for a united India with deep roots for democracy.
He said basic education should be imparted in local language, and urged students to keep their native languages and dialects alive.
“Sardar Patel was not only a man of imagination but he worked very hard to implement his vision… he was a ‘karmayogi’,” Shah said.
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