KEVADIYA, Oct. 31 -- PAYING glowing tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on National Unity Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday defended the scrapping of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, saying the special status provision only bred terrorism in the erstwhile state.
He also hailed India's unity in diversity, calling it the biggest challenge for the country's enemies.
Attending a function at the Statue of Unity here on Patel's 144th birth anniversary, Modi led the gathering in taking the 'national unity pledge' on National Unity Day.
"The new system in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh is not meant to draw a line on the land (to draw a boundary) but to build a strong link of trust," the prime minister said in the wake of the bifurcat...