Museum member's request for letters by Nehru triggers row
Hindustan Times|December 17, 2024
NEHRU'S LETTERS WERE ALLEGEDLY WITHDRAWN FROM THE MUSEUM IN 2008 AT THE REQUEST OF SONIA GANDHI
Vrinda Tulsian and Snehashish Roy

NEW DELHI: A letter from a member of the Prime Ministers' Museum and Library (PMML) to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asking for the return of correspondence by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was mentioned in Parliament on Monday, with Union culture minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat saying action could be taken on the matter.

On December 10, historian Rizwan Kadri, a member of the PMML Society, wrote to Rahul Gandhi, seeking his help in the return of 51 cartons of Nehru's correspondence with various personalities that were allegedly withdrawn from the Nehru Museum in 2008 at the request of Sonia Gandhi.

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