Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on the latter’s birth anniversary and expressed condolences to the families of the aggrieved families who lost their loves ones in the Morbi bridge collapse incident on Sunday.
PM Modi’s Ekta Diwas speech: Highlights
Remembering Sardar Patel, PM Modi appealed to the countrymen to remain united.
“Today our enemies are pained by our rise trying to break the country on lines of caste, language and race, adding that those trying to break our unity may not be just our open enemies, but can be someone from inside also,” PM Modi said while observing Sardar Patel’s birth anniversary as Ekta Diwas.
India’s ‘ekta’ causing pain to our enemies, they tried to break it in the past whenever they ruled over us, he added.
Remembering Sardar Patel, PM Modi said Rashtriya Ekta Diwas is a tribute to the invaluable role of India’s first home minister in unifying our nation.
The occasion reminds us what would have happened had there not been a leadership like Sardar Patel with India during independence. What would have happened had over 550 princely states were not united?
PM Modi urged the people to take inspiration from Sardar Patel and remain united during this tragic time.
I am in Ekta Nagar but my mind is with the victims of Morbi. Rarely in my life, would I have experienced such pain. On one hand, there is a pain-riddled heart and on the other hand, there is the path to duty, PM Modi said while addressing a gathering in Kevadiya, Gujarat
Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel reached Morbi last night and has been holding the command of search and rescue operations. The state government has constituted a committee to investigate this incident. I assure the people of the country that there will be no laxity in rescue and relief work, PM Modi said.
Rescue and relief operations have been going on since yesterday and the Centre is extending all help to the Gujarat government.
After the Morbi tragedy struck, every citizen of the country started praying for the victims of the accident. Locals are stepping forward to extend help at the accident spot and hospital. This is the strength of unity, PM Modi said in Kevadiya.
