<span style="color: #222222;">Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today paid tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, on his birth anniversary today. In a tweet, Mr Naidu said, Sardar Patel was a colossal figure in Indian freedom struggle, a messiah for peasants, a sagacious statesman, organizer par excellence and epitome of wisdom. He said, Sardar Patel played a remarkable role in galvanising the nation against British rule, accomplished the humongous task of peaceful integration of over 560 princely states and laid the foundation of strong administration in the country by establishing the civil services. The Vice President said, today as the nation celebrate National Unity Day to honour the legacy of Sardar Patel, people should take inspiration from this iconic personality and work towards strengthening the unity, integrity and security of the nation and eliminating hunger, inequality, poverty and corruption.</span><br />