New Delhi: The Congress celebration Friday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for altering the identify of the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML) to the Prime Ministers Museum and Library Society.
The choice to rename was taken Thursday in a ‘particular’ assembly of the NMML Society at a session presided over by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who can also be the vice-president of the 29-member society, in response to The Indian Categorical.
“What received’t Mr. Modi do to distort, disparage and destroy the identify & legacy of the architect of the Indian nation-state (sic),” Congress basic secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh tweeted. “A small, small man overburdened by his insecurities is the self-styled Vishwaguru.”
Pettiness & Vengeance, thy identify is Modi. For over 59 years Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML) has been a world mental lamdmark and treasure home of books & archives. It’ll henceforth be known as Prime Ministers Museum & Society. What will not Mr. Modi do to distort,…
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) June 16, 2023
Housed within the Teen Murti campus, the NMML was the official residence of India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru for 16 years till his dying on 27 Might, 1964. The federal government then arrange the NMML Society on 1 April 1966 to handle the establishment. PM Modi had inaugurated the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya constructed on the campus on 14 April, 2022.
At a press convention on the celebration headquarters, Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh invoked the phrases of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to assault the BJP management.
“By altering the Nehru memorial’s identify, one particular person has proven how little he’s. I want to remind them of their very own chief’s phrases — ‘Chote mann se koi bada nahi ban sakta (With small ideas, no-one can turn out to be nice)’,” Vallabh mentioned, invoking the previous prime minister. “An individual who needs to take away different’s names and ahead his personal, Indian tradition doesn’t contemplate them nice.”
“Nehru Memorial library was a hub for suppose tanks. Folks used it for strengthening democracy and the structure. Folks then handed it onto the following era. Pandit ji’s identify has been written within the hearts of 140 crore Indians, how will you take away that? By doing these small deeds, you’re solely permitting Pandit ji’s identify to develop,” he mentioned.
After enumerating the contributions and achievements of Nehru, the Congress spokesperson attacked the BJP for attempting to take away names of all former prime ministers from the “partitions” of the nation.
“You may take away the identify from the partitions since you are within the majority. However within the hearts of 140 crore Indians, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, P.V. Narasimha Rao, Manmohan Singh and likewise Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji, their names are written.”
“We take his (Vajpayee’s) identify additionally since you wish to take away his identify as nicely. While you say nothing occurred previous to 2014, for 7-7.5 years it was Vajpayee’s authorities. However we don’t disrespect any prime minister like this. Each prime minister has some contribution,” he asserted.
(Edited by Tony Rai)
Additionally Learn: BJP is obsessive about Nehru, freedom wrestle. This retains Rahul Gandhi within the information without end