"In the name of Gandhi family there are...": Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad reveals 180-item breakdown over Congress' 'problem with Statue of Unity'

Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shakar Prasad criticised Congress party for its remarks on the unveiling of 'Statue of Unity' in Gujarat on Monday. Talking to Twitter, the Union Minister listed down 180 awards, places and institutions that are named after 'Gandhi family'. He wrote: 

Talking to media in New Delhi, the Minister said that it should not be a matter of concern to Congress if a statue is built for Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

"Congress leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi have innumerable prizes and awards to their names still they have a problem with the 'Statue of Unity', a statue dedicated to Sardar Patel. This is the biggest insult to the leader."

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On the day the 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Narmada district of Gujarat, the Congress came down heavily on the BJP, the Union government and the RSS and said the entire exercise was a mere “election gimmick”. 

Congress president Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter to slam the BJP and wrote:

"Ironic that a statue of Sardar Patel is being inaugurated, but every institution he helped build is being smashed. The systematic destruction of India's institutions is nothing short of treason"

Gazing down at the Sardar Sarovar Dam and located on a Narmada river island called Sadhu Bet, the Statue of Unity, a colossal monument dedicated to India’s first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, October 31. The day marked the 143rd birth anniversary of Sardar Patel, the Ironman of India, whose contribution towards assimilating over a hundred princely states, towns, regions, kingdoms and other such into the union of the newly established Republic of India is impossible to overstate.