The Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani announced on Sunday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on the birth anniversary of India’s first home minister on October 31. According to the Gujarat government, this statue — Statue of Unity — is the world’s tallest.
Addressing the press, on the sidelines of the National Executive meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party, CM Rupani said that the statue with a height of 182 metres will be a symbol of the country’s unity and integrity.
Rupani said that the government of Gujarat and BJP has collected iron, soil and water from across the country to use them to build the statue in the state. this decision was taken by the PM in 2013, when he was the CH of Gujarat.
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