Surat-based Patidar community has led a movement to associate Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel with the cricket stadium in Motera again. They are determined to change the name of the world’s largest cricket stadium from Narendra Modi Stadium to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Iron Man of India.
The stadium in Motera was called the Sardar Patel Stadium before it was renamed as Narendra Modi Stadium, with a spectator capacity of over a lakh.
The community has convened a meeting of all district conveners. It will be held on December 30. the movement, initiated by Sardar Samman Sankalp Andolan Samiti-Gujarat, will start from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s hometown Karamsad in a planned manner.