BJP seeks access to crucial Nehru docus

A new controversy has emerged in Indian politics, centering around the letters of India's first PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

- Afrida Rahman Ali

The issue has fuelled a political dispute between the ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress, with implications for historical research and access to key archival materials.

Historian Dr Rizwan Kadri, a member of the Prime Minister Museum and Library Society in Delhi (formerly the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library), called on Sonia and leader Rahul Gandhi to either return or grant digital access to the private correspondences of Nehru.

In an exclusive interview with FPJ, Dr Kadri argued that these documents, donated in 1971, were essential research material for academics and historians studying India's past.