PM Memorial asks Rahul Gandhi to return Jawaharlal Nehru’s letters ’taken’ by Sonia Gandhi
Live MintHistorian, author, and member of the Prime Ministers' Museum and Library Society, Rizwan Kadri, has written to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, requesting that she either return the personal papers of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, provide copies of them, or grant digitised access. As reported by ANI, Kadri said that '51 boxes' containing Nehru's records were retrieved by Sonia Gandhi's office from the PMML, previously known as the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. "I have written a letter to Sonia Gandhi and asked her to return the private letters of Nehru that were taken by her office, as she was the family's representative and donor.51 boxes were withdrawn from there in 2008.The collection that was withdrawn includes Jayaprakash Narayan, Babu Jagjivan Ram, the Edwina Mountbatten collection and several other collections," Kadri told ANI. “The collection once donated cannot be withdrawn but this is withdrawn.What was the motive behind withdrawing the letters exchanged between Nehru and Edwina Mountbatten?