Legal course to stop Gandhi auction

PTI New Delhi: With the US auction house not heeding to India’s request for stalling the auction of Mahatma Gandhi’s personal belongings on March 5, the Union government is all set to take recourse to legal course to prevent these five precious articles going under the hammer. Though negotations with the auction house in New York are still on, “we are seriously examining other means including legal action to stop the auction,” a top government official involved with the development said. Culture ministry officials on Monday met the senior officials of the law ministry to firm up the legal course of action, said the sources. The culture ministry is closely coordinating with the law and the external affairs ministries to stall the auction of five Gandhi belongings, including his famous metal rimmed glasses, slated to be held in New York on March 5 and bring them back to the country. There are five personal belongings of Gandhi in the list of auction proposed to be held on March 5 at the Antiquorum Auctioneers in New York including sandals, a pocket watch and some utensils. According to sources, three out of five of these items belong to the Mahatma Gandhi family members who apparently have no objection to the auction.

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