Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 29: Former Union Minister and veteran Congress leader Prof Saifuddin Soz has alleged that Prime Minister lacks knowledge on the political history of the country.
In a press statement Soz said while praising Sardar Patel and denouncing Nehru, Modi leaves nobody in doubt that his knowledge of all the three – Gandhi, Nehru and Patel is next to nothing.
“Modi maintains that Patel saved Kashmir from aggressors. But an expert on Kashmir Kuldip Nayar had said in this connection, ‘While it’s true that Nehru was keen on Kashmir’s accession to India, Patel was opposed to it. Patel argued with Nehru that as Kashmir was Muslim majority area, it should go to Pakistan. Even when New Delhi received the Maharaja’s request to accede to India, Patel had emphasized that India had already too much on its plate and it should not get mixed up with Kashmir,” Soz remarked.
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