If a wrong had been perpetrated, some reparation from one of the Mahatma's grandsons would be in order.”
Advani said anyone who analyses the history of those early years would readily feel that if Gandhiji had chosen Sardar Patel instead of Pandit Nehru to become free India's first Prime Minister, “it is quite likely the history of those early years may have been quite different”.
The BJP leader said for Mahatma Gandhi's grandson to virtually say openly that “Gandhiji had perhaps not been right in the decision he took about Prime Ministership, and, so merited some ‘reparation' from one of his grandsons not only revealed his own greatness and magnanimity but also endorsed the general view that Sardar would have been a more appropriate choice.”
