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15.00 hrs. So, it is shocking that the HRD Ministry is stopping and completely trying to finish this Gandhian institution.

There is an attempt to destabilise the Nehru-Gandhian legacy in this country. They have contributed a lot in this country. They have sacrificed a lot for this country. Take, for example, the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts. The Leader of the Opposition was the Chairperson of that institution. The Department of Culture reconstituted the Trust on 7th January, 2000. I do not know the reason for doing this. The minimum courtesy demand that the Minister should have consulted the Leader of the Opposition before taking any such important decision. Tomorrow, when the Congress Government is there, if we change the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Trust and make Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar the Chairman of that Trust, what will be the feeling of Shri Murli Manohar Joshi or Shri L.K. Advani? This is too much. They are crossing the limits. The Indira Gandhi Centre for Arts, the Nehru Memorial Trust and the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation are the organisations of national as well as international repute. They want to reduce the level of these prestigious organisations, which are like the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Trust, which we are not going to allow. Take, for instance, the Nehru Memorial Trust. Recently they wanted to reduce the importance, functioning and administration of the Nehru Memorial Trust, which is highly deplorable. I want to warn the Government, through you, Sir, that this attitude of the Government to degenerate the institutions, to tamper with the institutions, to tamper with the history will not help them. Attempts to degenerate the autonomous institutions in the country will not be tolerated. Earlier also we have seen a lot of HRD Ministers in this country. Dr. Abdul Kalam Azad, Prof. Nurul Hasan, Shri M.C. Chagla and Shri Humayun Kabir were great personalities who were Heads of this Ministry. Now Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, with a small heart, is in that chair, which is a disgrace to the nation. So, I would request the Minister to please reconsider his arbitrary decisions which are going to create far-reaching implications in our country.