TIL Desk/National/Mahbubnagar/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said Indians would have needed Pakistani visa to visit Hyderabad had Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had not liberated it from the Nizam’s rule. Recalling the role of Patel in the merger of the erstwhile Hyderabad princely state with the Indian union, Modi said it was only due to the country’s first home minister that we are able to say “Bharat Mata ki Jai” in the capital city of the present-day Telangana.
Speaking at an election rally here, Modi said had Patel, the “son of a farmer”, been India’s first prime minister, the condition of farmers would not have been bad. “The Congress and TRS talking about farmers does not suit them. The 70 years of Congress rule and five years of TRS government are responsible for the present plight of farmers,” he said, and asked “Naamdaar” (Rahul Gandhi) not to shed “crocodile tears” for agriculturists.
Modi said his government is committed to Telangana’s development and welfare of its people, and listed out various centrally-funded projects in the state. Modi alleged the Congress and TRS were engaged in “WWF style wrestling” in Telangana polls, suggesting the contest was staged. The Congress and TRS are “parivarvadi (family-centric) parties”, he said.
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