I am greatly worried about the Somnath affair. As I feared, it is assuming a certain political importance. Indeed references have been made to it internationally also. In criticism of our policy in regard to it, we are asked how a secular Government such as ours can associate itself with such a ceremony which is, in addition, revivalist in character. Questions are being put to me in Parliament and I am replying to them saying that Government has nothing to do with it and those persons who are connected in any way are functioning entirely in their personal capacity.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I am greatly worried about the Somnath affair. As I feared, it is assuming a certain political importance. Indeed references have been made to it internationally also. In criticism of our policy in regard to it, we are asked how a secular Government such as ours can associate itself with such a ceremony which is, in addition, revivalist in character. Questions are being put to me in Parliament and I am replying to them saying that Government has nothing to do with it and those persons who are connected in any way are functioning entirely in their personal capacity." in the context of "Jawaharlal Nehru https://archive.org/details/HindSwaraj-Nehru-SW2-16I/page/n649/mode/2upNew Delhi April 22, 1951 Letter to Rajendra Babu, Selected Works Of Jawaharlal Nehru (2nd series 16 part 1) https://deshgujarat.com/2019/05/11/somnath-series-jawaharlal-nehrus-opposition-to-president-rajendra-prasads-decision-to-attend-somnath-ceremony/" to mean that wisdom is timeless.