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The Congress connected Tuesday (December 16, 2025) took a swipe astatine the Union Government implicit its reply to a question successful the Lok Sabha that nary documents related to Jawaharlal Nehru were missing from the Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) during its yearly inspection, asking if determination would beryllium an apology forthcoming.
In September, Rizwan Kadri, a subordinate of the Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) Society, had said helium had written to Congress person Sonia Gandhi to let carnal oregon integer entree to backstage papers related to erstwhile Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru that are successful her possession.
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Sharing the reply of the authorities successful the Lok Sabha, Congress wide caput in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said, "The information was yet revealed successful the Lok Sabha yesterday. Will determination beryllium an apology forthcoming?" The authorities informed Parliament connected Monday (December 15, 2025) that nary documents related to the archetypal Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, person been recovered missing from PMML during its yearly inspection this year.
Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said this successful a written effect to a query successful the Lok Sabha by BJP MP Sambit Patra.
The Minister was asked whether PMML has "formulated immoderate policy" for conducting an yearly audit of the documents disposable successful the museum. "No, determination is nary yearly audit of documents successful the Prime Ministers Museum and Library," Mr. Shekhawat said.
It was besides asked whether "certain documents related to India's archetypal Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, person been recovered missing" from the depository during the yearly inspection successful 2025.
"No documents related to India's archetypal Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, person been recovered missing from the depository during the yearly inspection of the PMML successful the twelvemonth 2025," the reply stated.
Asked whether the said documents were "improperly and illegally removed" from the museum, Mr. Shekhawat said, "Does not arise." The Union Minister further said successful the Annual General Meeting of the PMML successful 2025 that "no determination regarding the non-availability of documents related to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the archetypal Prime Minister of India, was taken".
PMML is housed successful Teen Murti Bhawan, which besides hosts the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya. The Teen Murti Bhawan successful cardinal Delhi, aft Nehru's death, was turned into the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML), lodging a affluent postulation of books and uncommon records. It was renamed the PMML Society successful 2023.
PMML Society, the cardinal decision-making assemblage of the PMML, is helmed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi arsenic its president, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arsenic the vice-president.
