"If there was no Sardar Patel, the temple in Somnath would never have been possible. Today some people are remembering Somanth, I have to ask them - Have you forgotten your history? "Today, some so called smart people, some new economists have emerged who are misleading people," he declared in his speech in Gujarati. For the BJP it is the SAUNI scheme (the Narmada water project for Saurashtra region), where we will fill dams of Saurashtra through huge pipelines. "The culture of this parched land, Modi said, was to give respect to those who have tried to do something to provide water.

Source: Times of India November 29, 2017 10:28 UTC