Patel the pragmatist

As the general election draws nearer, the competitive clamour to usurp Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's legacy gets louder. It is necessary to look beyond the controversies and view the great artificer of post-Partition India in proper perspective. Before Independence, the Congress was not so much a political party as a national movement and an umbrella organisation for adherents of diverse ideologies. Among the most outstanding leaders of the freedom struggle and founding fathers of the republic, Patel belongs to the whole nation.

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