{"id":5497,"date":"2025-11-29T19:30:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T19:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=5497"},"modified":"2025-11-29T19:30:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T19:30:41","slug":"art-370-removal-completed-indias-integration-project-jp-nadda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2025\/11\/29\/art-370-removal-completed-indias-integration-project-jp-nadda\/","title":{"rendered":"Art-370 removal completed India\u2019s integration project: JP Nadda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Says PM, HM completed Sardar Patel\u2019s \u2018unfinished mission\u2019 in Kashmir<\/strong><\/p>\n

Srinagar, Nov 29: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president and Union Minister J P Nadda on Saturday said the decision to scrap Article 370 \u201ccompleted Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel\u2019s vision of a fully integrated India\u201d, asserting that the constitutional provision had long remained an impediment to national unity and particularly to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n

As per the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), addressing the \u2018Sardar@150 Unity March\u2019 in Vadodara, he said the removal of Article 370 in August 2020 enabled J&K to be placed \u201con the same constitutional footing as the rest of the country\u201d.<\/p>\n

Nadda said Sardar Patel had succeeded in securing the accession of Jammu and Kashmir to India, but the subsequent \u201cpolitical call\u201d taken by independent India\u2019s leadership prevented the state from being integrated at par with the rest of the Union.<\/p>\n

\u201cPatel had already built the groundwork. The complication came later,\u201d he said, adding that the current government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah \u201csettled the issue that history had left incomplete\u201d.<\/p>\n

The BJP chief accused the Congress of \u201csystematically minimising\u201d Patel\u2019s role in nation-building, alleging that attempts were made for decades to prevent the first Home Minister from receiving recognition in school curricula and political discourse. He claimed that even senior leaders were discouraged from attending Patel\u2019s funeral. \u201cHis (Patel’s) contribution was deliberately overshadowed for political reasons,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Nadda described Patel as a leader whose administrative ability and personal sacrifices helped shape independent India. He recalled that Patel left a flourishing legal career after Mahatma Gandhi persuaded him to dedicate himself to public life.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe stood firmly with farmers during movements and always placed national duty above personal comfort,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Referring to the unification of 562 princely states after Independence, Nadda said the task required diplomacy, persuasion and at times firm action, and \u201cPatel\u2019s resolve ensured India emerged as a single, stable Union\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said the achievement continues to form the basis of the country\u2019s governance and security structure.<\/p>\n

Responding to criticism over the Statue of Unity project, the Union Minister said the soil from villages across the country was collected for the monument, which he described as a tribute symbolising the collective aspirations of 140 crore citizens. \u201cIt is not merely a statue; it reflects the unity of the nation and the legacy of Patel,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Union Minister Piyush Goyal, who also participated in the event, said large public participation demonstrated the continuing respect and emotional attachment people hold for Patel.<\/p>\n

Goyal added that India\u2019s progress in multiple fields would remain linked to Patel\u2019s work and ideals. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Says PM, HM completed Sardar Patel\u2019s \u2018unfinished mission\u2019 in Kashmir Srinagar, Nov 29: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president and Union Minister J P Nadda on Saturday said the decision to scrap Article 370 \u201ccompleted Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel\u2019s vision of a fully integrated India\u201d, asserting that the constitutional provision had long remained an impediment to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5499,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5497\/revisions\/5499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}