India, Nov. 1 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attacked the Congress claiming that the country's first PM Jawaharlal Nehru held back Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel from fully integrating Kashmir into the Indian Union. He was addressing a celebration on the occasion of Sardar Patel's 150th birth anniversary at the Statue of Unity in Ekta Nagar.

The PM further referenced Operation Sindoor declaring the world has witnessed that India will strike within enemy territory if challenged, underscoring that this is the India of the Iron Man, Sardar Patel. He also raised the issue of infiltrators, calling them a grave threat to national unity and the demographic balance.

The PM's address focused heavily on national unity and security, infiltrat...