Govt may organise national level police parades near Sardar Patel statue every year

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi this weekend suggested that a national level parade could be organised by police forces of about three to four states near the Statue of Unity every year on October 31, the birthday of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, former union home minister who had played a stellar role for unification of India post-Independence. This day is also observed as National Unity Day. “This need not be a traditional parade but may be a…

Fight over Sardar Patel’s Legacy: How this Iron Man also belongs to Indian civil servants

Whose Legacy? Patel's coat in a museum

AS BJP’s prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has been at loggerhead with Congress biggies including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the legacy of India’s first home minister Sardar Vallahbhai Patel, BoI here presents a few facts to demonstrate how India’s Iron Man, Patel also belongs to pan-Indian civil servants who are not supposed to…