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www.WeeklyVoice.com NATIONAL Friday, November 2, 2018 | A-5 Sardar Patel’s Statue Flllmen a hee Don’t wait, choose your shift at Amazon! Pay starting at $15.75 an hour. Start now - you could have an Amazon job oer today! amazon.com/torontojobs Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi participates in a run for unity to mark the birth anniversary of Indian freedom ighter and irst Home Minister of Independent India Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in New Delhi on Oct. 31, 2014. The day was celebrated as National Unity Day. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) Continued from page 3 to the countrymen. against acquisition of their land without The Prime Minister also launched an at- adequate compensation for the statue proj- tack on those opposing his mission of re- ect, the Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam and viving contributions of historical igures the Garudeswar weir, which is a part of the such as Sardar Patel, Chhatrapati Shivaji dam. Maharaj, Bhimrao Ambedkar and others. Tribal leader Praful Vasava, who has “I am amazed that our efforts are seen been leading the protest ever since the proj- with political glasses. Praising great icons ect was declared by Narendra Modi as a has also brought us criticism. It seems we chief minister in 2013, said, “We are all for have committed a big crime,” he said. giving honour to Sardar Patel, but this is Modi said Sardar disproved of all those something which is at the cost of our very who stated that a diverse country like India existence.” Sardar Patel would never have could remain united after Independence. It agreed to this, he said. was because of Patel that the country now Around 72 villages are estimated to be meets the world on its own terms and is affected by the statue project. There are 32 moving towards becoming an economic where their rehabilitation has been left half and military superpower. way, there are six villages where the Kev- “They considered our diversity our big- adia Colony housing the staff of the Sar- gest weakness, but Sardar Patel converted dar Sarovar Narmada dam project is situ- this into our biggest strength. India is mov- ated and seven villages are in Garudeshwar ing ahead on the path shown by him,” he block, where only cash compensation was said. given, but other commitments like land for “If today we are connected from Rajas- land or jobs have not been fulilled. than’s Kutch to Nagaland’s Kohima and The Prime Minister said that keeping the Jammu and Kashmir’s Kargil to Tamil Na- nation’s unity, diversity and sovereignty in- du’s Kanyakumari, it is because of Patel’s Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer — Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation tact was a responsibility which Patel gave strong resolve and determination. From Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and your Liberal MPs Happy Diwali Omar Alghabra, Gary Anandasangaree, Hon. Navdeep Bains, Hon. Bill Blair, Hon. Bardish Chagger, Shaun Chen, Hon. Kirsty Duncan, M.P. M.P. M.P. M.P. M.P. M.P. M.P. Peter Fonseca, Raj Grewal, Hon. Ahmed Hussen, Majid Jowhari, Iqra Khalid, Kamal Khera, Hon. John McKay, M.P. M.P. M.P. M.P. M.P. M.P. M.P. Hon. Mary Ng, Jennifer O’Connell, Hon. Jane Philpott, Yasmin Ratansi, Ruby Sahota, Ramesh Sangha, Deb Schulte, M.P. M.P. M.P. M.P. M.P. M.P. M.P. Hon. Judy Sgro, Sonia Sidhu, Gagan Sikand, Geng Tan, Arif Virani, Salma Zahid, Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau M.P. M.P. M.P. M.P. M.P. M.P..