I agree with you totally but would like to add something more. The fiasco actually was created by Gandhi who wanted a weak person like Nehru in the seat of power so that he could manipulate him and run the country by proxy. Gandhi connived and conspired with Nehru to deny the leadership of the country to Patel who was the only deserving person but Gandhi was mortally afraid that Patel would put him in his place no sooner than he became the PM. Thank God he died early.
