Nehru-ji is known for work he did and not just his name: Rahul Gandhi

Amid the raging controversy around the renaming of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library NMML in the national capital to Prime Ministers Memorial Museum and Library PMML Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said his grandfather was known more for the work he did in his time and not just for his nameSpeaking to ANI at the Delhi airport before departing for a twoday visit to Leh Rahul said Nehruji ki pehchaan unke karam hai unka naam nahi Nehruji is known for his work and not his nameEarlier a war of words broke out between the BJP and the Opposition parties over the renaming of the Nehru Memorial Museum to Prime Ministers Museum and LibraryHitting out at the Centre over the official renaming of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library NMML in the national capital Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi can never take away the gigantic contributions of Jawaharlal Nehru in the countrys freedom struggleTaking to his official handle on X formerly Twitter Ramesh posted on Wednesday From today an iconic institution gets a new name The worldrenowned Nehru Memorial Museum and Library NMML becomes PMML Prime Minister Memorial Museum and Library Mr Modi possesses a huge bundle of fears complexes and insecurities especially when it comes to our first and longestserving Prime Minister He has had a singlepoint agenda of denying distorting defaming and destroying Nehru and the Nehruvian legacyThe Nehru Memorial Museum and Library NMML was officially renamed the Prime Ministers Museum and Library PMML by the Centre on MondayMeanwhile Prime Ministers Museum and Library PMML Vice Chairman of Executive Council A Surya Prakash on Wednesday said the new museum showcases the achievements and the contributions of Jawaharlal Nehru to the nation adding that those dubious about the same should visit itAnyone visiting the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library NMML can see how we have showcased Nehru his temples of modern India the Hirakud Dam Nagarajuna Sagar Dam his idea of setting up institutes of technology and Planning Commission in his 17year tenure as PM at the Teen Murti Bhavan he saidReacting to the remarks made by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh over the renaming of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library NMML that PM Modi can never take away contributions made by Nehru during the freedom struggle BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said that for the Congress only Jawaharlal Nehru and his family mattersThere is a basic difference between the thinking of the Congress party and Jairam Ramesh and PM Narendra Modi They Congress think that only Nehru ji and the family matters Narendra Modi gave a respectful position to all the PMs of the country at the museum he saidEarlier in midJune during a special meeting of the NMML Society it was resolved to change its name to PMML SocietyThe Culture Ministry said that it had decided to change the name of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Society to Prime Ministers Museum and Library SocietyThe decision was taken at a special meeting of the Memorial Museum and Library Society which was presided over by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who is the VicePresident of the SocietyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever