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Gujarat Education Minister cites Nehru’s letters opposing Somnath Temple

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Gandhinagar, March 13 (IANS) Gujarat Education Minister Pradyuman Vaja, on Friday, cited historical letters of former Prime Minister late Jawaharlal Nehru in the state Assembly while speaking on a private resolution on ‘Somnath Swabhiman Parv’, saying the correspondence reflected Nehru’s opposition to the reconstruction and consecration of the Somnath Temple. Referring to the letters, Minister Vaja told the House that Nehru had written to the then President Rajendra Prasad on March 2, 1951, urgi…