The PM Memorial has reported that Congress leader Sonia Gandhi took 51 cartons of letters written by Nehru, which remain in her possession.
PM Memorial (Pradhanmantri Sangrahalay) in New Delhi has officially written to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and asked him to return a letter written by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, which the memorial says is in Sonia Gandhi’s possession, India Today reported on Monday (December 16). The letters have been reported to include those written by Nehru to Edwina Mountbatten and Albert Einstein.
The newest letter written to Rahul Gandhi followed a similar one written to Sonia Gandhi in September.
In the letter written to Rahul Gandhi, Prime Minister’s Museum and Library (PMML) Rizwan Kadri has asked him to help retrieve the personal letters (Or their photo/digital copies) written by Nehru which are now in possession of Sonia Gandhi.
These letters, steeped in their historical significance were given to Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (now PMML) in 1971. The letters were reportedly taken by Sonia Gandhi in 2008. The documents filled 51 cardboard boxes.
It is often held, without unambiguous substantiation that can be proved in a court of law beyond reasonable doubt, that ties between Nehru and Edwina Mountbatten, the wife of the last viceroy of India, did not fully conform to the agreed protocols of diplomatic communication in their strict interpretation.
In its report, India Today said that the letters in possession of Sonia Gandhi also included those written by Nehru to leaders like Jayprakash Narayan, Aruna Asaf Ali, Govind Ballabh Pant, and others.
