LK Advani adds to the debate, says Nehru opposed Patel`s policies

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 13:38

BJP veteran LK Advani has added fresh fuel to an ongoing debate on the relationship between India`s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel by saying that the former vehemently opposed the latter`s policies.

Nehru was reluctant to send troops to Kashmir in 1948: Advani

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 18:34

BJP leader LK Advani on Thursday said Jawaharlal Nehru was reluctant to send army to Kashmir in 1948 even as Pakistani troops approached, but the Home Minister prevailed over him.

Congress raises doubts over Advani`s claim on Nehru

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 14:10

Congress on Thursday raised doubts over L K Advani`s claim based on a book that then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had called his Home Minister Sardar Patel a "total communalist" when the latter suggested that army be sent to take over a defiant Hyderabad after Independence.

Jawaharlal Nehru had called Sardar Patel a `total communalist`: LK Advani

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 12:09

BJP raked controversy over Sardar Patel with LK Advani quoting book to allege that Jawaharlal Nehru called Patel "a total communalist" when he suggested army be sent to take over Hyderabad.

`Patel would not have recognised Modi as ideological heir`

Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 12:44

Amid a slugfest between BJP`s Narendra Modi and Congress over Sardar Patel, a noted biographer of Patel has said he would not have recognised Modi as his ideological heir.

Jairam Ramesh blasts Narendra Modi for claiming Patel legacy

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 21:27

In a shrill attack on BJP and Narendra Modi, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday said it was an `insult" to Sardar Patel that people "who had been brought up in ideologies that inspired assassination of Mahatma Gandhi" were claiming his legacy.

If you want to build statue of unity, build it in your heart: Sibal to Modi

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 13:00

Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday hit out at BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, saying he was desperate to become the prime minister.

Digvijay charges Modi with using fascist means to acquire land

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 00:02

Digvijay Singh charged Narendra Modi for adopting "fascist means" to acquire land from farmers to construct a statue of Sardar Patel in Sardar Sarovar.

India needs Patel`s secularism, not votebank secularism: Narendra Modi

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 23:25

Invoking Sardar Patel`s secularist legacy, Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a frontal attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

We celebrate our unity due to Sardar Patel`s efforts: Modi

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 00:03

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is all set to lay the foundation stone of Saradar Patel`s `Statue of Unity` on his birth anniversary near Sardar Sarovar dam on Thursday.

Narendra Modi to lay foundation stone of Sardar Patel statue tomorrow

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 20:48

After the public spat over the legacy of Sardar Patel between Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Modi will lay the foundation stone for the statue on Thursday.