‘Nehru even in their dreams’: Congress hits out after govt seeks papers from Sonia Gandhi

The NMML was renamed Prime Ministers' Museum and Library in 2023.

After it demanded that Congress leader Sonia Gandhi should return 51 cartons of documents belonging to former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru to the Prime Ministers' Museum and Library (PMML), Congress leader Imran Masood attacked the Centre.

“They have nothing left other than Nehru. Even in their dreams, Nehru appears. Breathing is becoming difficult in Delhi, the rupee is weakening against the dollar, and the Indian economy is declining, yet they are not concerned about these issues,” Masood told ANI.

The Nehru papers have been a flashpoint between the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress, and a section within the PMML has been pushing for the "reclaiming" of these papers, which were taken back by Sonia Gandhi several years ago.

The Congress and BJP have been locking horns over Nehru papers that were reportedly taken by Sonia Gandhi. After Jawaharlal Nehru's death, his official residence Teen Murti Bhawan became the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML). polu

Union culture minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said these papers were "handed over officially in 2008, on request", with records and catalogues maintained by PMML.

"In reality, 51 cartons of Jawaharlal Nehru papers were formally taken back by the family in 2008 from the Prime Ministers' Museum and Library (then NMML). Their location is known. Hence, they are 'not missing'," the Union minister said.

Singh's clarification came a day after Congress took a swipe at the Centre over its response in Lok Sabha to a query on documents related to India's first prime minister.

"No documents related to India's first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, have been found missing from the museum during the annual inspection of the PMML in the year 2025," Shekhawat had told Parliament in a written response to the query by BJP MP Sambit Patra.