New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- The 'Sardar@150' Rashtriya Ekta Padyatra, organised to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, concluded at the Statue of Unity in Ekta Nagar on Friday, after an 11-day march from Karamsad through Anand, Vadodara and Narmada districts.

Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan presided over the closing ceremony, which was attended by Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Ministers of State Raksha Khadse and Tokhan Sahu, and other public representatives and officials.

Placing the march in a broader policy context, Radhakrishnan said the Ekta Padyatra was not only a commemorative...