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With Manmohan on stage, Modi says Patel should have been first PM

Ahmedabad: In a vieled attack on Jawaharlal Nehru, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said the country's destiny would have been different if Sardar Patel had become the first Prime Minister.Sharing dais with Prime Minister

“That unity and integrity of the country today is under threat from all fronts, be it terrorism or maoism,” he said, adding Singh himself had said that maoism is a great threat to the country.

Referring to those who have resorted to terrorism and maoism, Modi said they were causing the biggest harm to their own communities and appealed to the “misguided” youth to shun violence and return to the mainstream for the country's development.