Congress vs BJP Over Nehru's Letters To Ex-President On Temple Visit
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BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi had claimed Nehru did not want Prasad to attend the inauguration of the temple in 1951
The Congress and the BJP are on the warpath again over former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, this time over whether Nehru had objected to former President Rajendra Prasad's association with the Somnath temple. Sudanshu Trivedi has apparently waved some letters on air - of Pandit Nehru on the Somnath Temple. These and many other letters of Nehru, including to then Home Minister Rajaji and President Rajendra Prasad, are all in the public domain and form part of Vol 16-I of the Second... pic.twitter.com/jiL6wRzJCZ
BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi had claimed Nehru did not want Prasad to attend the inauguration of the temple in 1951.
The Congress refuted the allegation, and pointed to letters by Nehru to prove the country's first Prime Minister did nothing of the sort that BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi alleged.
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