(This story was originally published on 6 August and has been updated and republished in light of Amit Shah’s comment on Kashmir and Article 370 on Sunday, 22 September.)

On Sunday, 22 September, Home Minister Amit Shah said that the issue of Kashmir should have been handled by Sardar Patel instead of former PM Jawaharlal Nehru. Addressing a rally on the Centre’s decision to effectively revoke Article 370 of the Constitution, which granted Jammu and Kashmir special status, Shah targeted Nehru and blamed him for the “non-integration of Kashmir” with India, as well as the creation of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.

"The PoK wouldn't have come into existence had Nehru not declared untimely ceasefire with Pakistan, a mistake of Nehru...Sardar Patel should have handled Kashmir, instead of Nehru handling it," Shah claimed at the event.

He blamed Nehru for the implementation of Article 370, implying that Patel had no hand in it. "After Sardar Patel's death in 1950, the Indian government signed the Delhi agreement with Sheikh Abdullah which became the foundation of Article 370," he said.

But do his claims have any factual basis? What is the truth? Let’s take a look at his claims one by one.