PM Modi Announces Grand Museum For All Former Prime Ministers In Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday, that a grand museum dedicated to all his predecessors, be it IK Gujral or Manmohan Singh, will be built in Delhi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi/ (Photo by Tharaka Basnayaka/NurPhoto via Getty Images/ FILE)

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced that a grand museum dedicated to all the former Prime Ministers of the country who preceded him,  be it IK Gujral or Manmohan Singh, will be erected in the national capital. In an apparent dig at the Congress party the Prime Minister said that strategic attempt was made to erase their memories. Speaking at an event to release a book on former Prime Minister Chandra Shkehar written by Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh, PM said that he has decided that a dedicated museum of all former prime ministers will be established in Delhi. He urged family members of the former prime ministers to share all things related to them for this museum. “A museum for all former Prime Ministers who have served the country will be made. I invite their family members to share aspects of lives of former prime ministers, be it IK Gujral ji, Charan Singh ji, Deve Gowda ji and Dr. Manmohan Singh ji”, he was quoted as saying by ANI. Speaking about former PM Chandra Shekhar , Modi said: “I first met Chandra Shekhar Ji in 1977. I met him at Delhi airport, I was travelling with Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Ji. The two leaders enjoyed a close bond despite their different political ideologies.” In a veiled attack, he hit out at the Congress for ignoring and misrepresenting former PM Chandra Shekhar's padyatra, which was meant for poor villagers and farmers. "There is a fashion in our country that some people have some specific rights. If a small leader undertakes a foot march, television channels run it 24 hours and newspapers publish it on front page. Chandra Shekharji undertook a padyatra for poor villagers and farmers, but this country ignored him," Modi said. Terming it unfortunate, the Prime Minister said Chandra Shekharji's padyatra was "intentionally kept in discussion for donation, corruption and money of rich". "There could be opposition to his ideology, but such injustice in public life always hurt," Modi said on the occasion of releasing a book 'Chandra Shekhar - The Last Icon of Ideological Politics', written by Harivansh, Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, and Ravi Dutt Bajpai. Written in English, it depicts the life of Chandra Shekhar. "If the present generation is asked about former Prime Ministers, very few would be able to name them as many of them have been forgotten," Modi said and congratulated Harivansh for writing the book.