New Delhi: The Congress occasion Friday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for altering the title 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 be the vice-president of the 29-member society, in keeping with The Indian Specific.
“What received’t Mr. Modi do to distort, disparage and destroy the title & legacy of the architect of the Indian nation-state (sic),” Congress common secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh tweeted. “A small, small man overburdened by his insecurities is the self-styled Vishwaguru.”
Pettiness & Vengeance, thy title is Modi. For over 59 years Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML) has been a worldwide mental lamdmark and treasure home of books & archives. It is going to henceforth be referred to 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 Could, 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 occasion 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 title, 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 grow to be nice)’,” Vallabh stated, invoking the previous prime minister. “An individual who desires to take away different’s names and ahead his personal, Indian tradition doesn’t think about them nice.”
“Nehru Memorial library was a hub for suppose tanks. Individuals used it for strengthening democracy and the structure. Individuals then handed it onto the following technology. Pandit ji’s title 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 title to develop,” he stated.
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 possibly can take away the title 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 in addition Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji, their names are written.”
“We take his (Vajpayee’s) title additionally since you need to take away his title as properly. Once 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)
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