PM Modi Slams Congress for ‘Spineless Approach’ on Kashmir and National Security at Rashtriya Ekta Diwas Event

Ekta Nagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the nation on the occasion of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day), launched a sharp attack on the Congress, accusing previous governments of weakening India’s sovereignty through indecisive policies on Kashmir, the Northeast, and internal security.

Speaking at Ekta Nagar — home to the Statue of Unity, the world’s tallest statue dedicated to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel — Modi said that after Patel’s death, the governments of the time “failed to uphold his vision and seriousness regarding national unity.”

“Unfortunately, in the years following Sardar Sahib’s death, the governments of the time lacked the same seriousness regarding the nation’s sovereignty. On the one hand, the mistakes made on Kashmir, on the other, the problems arising in the Northeast, and the spread of Naxalism and Maoist terrorism across the country were direct challenges to the nation’s sovereignty,” the Prime Minister said.

Modi accused the Congress of adopting a “spineless approach” instead of following Sardar Patel’s strong and decisive policies. “Sardar Sahib wanted the entire Kashmir to be united, just as he had united other princely states. But Nehru ji prevented his wish from being fulfilled. Kashmir was divided with a separate constitution and a separate flag,” he stated.

The Prime Minister blamed Congress’s historical mistakes for decades of instability and bloodshed in Jammu and Kashmir. “Due to Congress’s weak policies, a part of Kashmir fell under illegal occupation of Pakistan. Pakistan fostered terrorism. Kashmir and the country had to pay such a heavy price, yet Congress always bowed before terrorism. Congress forgot Sardar Saheb’s vision, but we did not,” Modi asserted.

Rashtriya Ekta Diwas is celebrated every year on October 31, marking the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the “Iron Man of India,” who is credited with uniting over 560 princely states post-Independence.