Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday broke his silence on the ongoing controversy surrounding around the renaming of the Nehru Memorial Museum. The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) has officially been renamed as the Prime Ministers' Museum and Library Society with effect from August 14. The vice chairman of the Prime Ministers' Museum and Library's executive council said this in a post on 'X', formerly Twitter.
"Nehru Ji is known for the work he did and not just his name," Rahul Gandhi said while kickstarting his Ladakh tour.
Criticising the move, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said this shows the "low mentality and dictatorial attitude" of the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as they can never reduce the huge contribution of Nehru, whom he described as the architect of modern India. Those who do not have any history, they have gone to erase the history of others."
"The ill-fated attempt to change the name of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library cannot belittle the personality of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the architect of modern India and fearless guardian of democracy," Kharge said in a tweet in Hindi.
