‘Return Nehru’s letters to Edwina Mountbatten’: PM Memorial writes to Rahul Gandhi | India Information – Instances of India
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister’s Museum and Library member has requested chief of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi to return the letters written by Jawaharlal Nehru to Woman Mountbatten, Jayaprakash Narayan, amongst others which was allegedly withdrawn at Sonia Gandhi’s orders in 2008.
Rizwan Kadri, the member of PMML, talking to ANI mentioned that the transfer to strategy the chief of opposition in Lok Sabha got here after getting no response from Sonia Gandhi.
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“Since no response was acquired from her, I’ve requested chief of opposition Rahul Gandhi to assist in getting these supplies restored. I’ve additionally urged him to contemplate that these paperwork are a part of the nation’s heritage and an essential side of its historical past,” he mentioned.
“Till we will view these supplies, we can’t decide the explanations for his or her withdrawal. There will need to have been some objectionable content material for them to have been eliminated,” he added.
What do letters have?
The gathering contains letters between Jawaharlal Nehru and Woman Mountbatten, in addition to exchanges with Govind Ballabh Pant and Jayaprakash Narayan, Kadri mentioned.
He mentioned that in September this yr, a proper request was made to Sonia Gandhi relating to 51 cartoons from round eight completely different sections of the Nehru collections on the PMML (previously the Nehru Memorial). Nevertheless, the requests acquired no response.
“In September 2024, I wrote a letter to Sonia Gandhi requesting that the 51 cartoons from roughly eight completely different sections, which have been a part of the Nehru collections on the Prime Ministers’ Museum (previously the Nehru Memorial), be both returned to the establishment, or we be granted permission to scan them, or supplied with their scanned copies. This could permit us to review them and facilitate analysis by varied students,” he mentioned.
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“These embrace essential correspondences between Pt Jawaharlal Nehru and Woman Mountbatten, in addition to letters exchanged with Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant, Jayaprakash Narayan, and others. These letters are a major a part of Indian historical past and have been confirmed by way of information to have been withdrawn from the museum in 2008 at Sonia Gandhi’s path,” he added.
‘What would Nehru have written to Edwina Mountbatten that wanted censoring’
Bharatiya Janata Get together leaders have been fast to choose on the information and questioned the alleged withdrawal of letters from the general public house.
“That is intriguing! From What’s right now the Prime Minister’s Museum and Library & previously Nehru Museum and Library, the then UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi took away 51 cartoons of letters written by Nehru to numerous personalities together with “EDWINA MOUNTBATTEN”!” BJP chief Sambit Patra mentioned.
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“Within the not too long ago concluded AGM of the PMML one of many members Sh Rizwan Kadri has written to LoP Rahul Gandhi and sought his assist in getting again the letters from his mom Sonia Gandhi! What intrigues me is what would have Nehru ji written to EDWINA MOUNTBATTEN that wanted censoring and can LOP Rahul assist getting again the letters between Nehru and Edwina!” he added.
Congress is but to make a touch upon this.
