PM Modi offers floral tributes to Sardar Patel at Statue of Unity

Ekta Nagar, Gujarat Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (October 31, 2026) paid floral tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at the Statue of Unity in Gujarat’s Ekta Nagar, on the former Deputy PM’s 151st birth anniversary. Mr. Modi reached the Statue of Unity in the morning and offered floral tributes to the leader. Sardar Patel’s vision and the meaning of national unity today Sardar Patel’s vision and the meaning of national unity today Unity, Patel taught us, is a task renewed in every generation. It must be defended against the fragmenting impulses of indifference, ignorance and regionalism Sardar Patel’s vision and the meaning of national unity today storyline 1 October 31 is observed every year as National Unity Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar Patel, who played a pivotal role in integrating princely states into the Indian Union after Independence. In his message, Mr.