Narendra Modi, on 7 February, invoked India’s first Deputy Prime Minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, while criticising the Congress in the Lok Sabha for "dividing the country".

"If Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel would have been the first prime minister of the country, then entire Kashmir would have been ours," the Prime Minister said, amid loud sloganeering in the Lower House.

While this was one of the most highlighted quotes from his speech, experts and commentators were quick to point out that Patel was not actually eager to have Kashmir acceded into India.