Indian donor pledges 6-figure sum for Gandhi statue in UK

November 12, 2014 20:04

An Indian donor has reportedly stepped in to offer a major chunk of the funds required for the construction of Mahatma Gandhi's statue at Parliament Square in London.

NRI economist Lord Meghnad Desai, founder-trustee of the Gandhi Statue Memorial Trust, said the name of the donor will be known in due course. "I had a call yesterday from someone in India and he promised me a six-figure sum in donation.

He is a good friend and I am looking forward to that," Desai said at a briefing in House of Lords here this morning.

"The word is spreading around. We are getting very good support from donors and we have lots of pledges and money is also coming in through our website. I have also written to my colleagues in the House of Lords and they are doing their bit to help too. We are pretty sure we will achieve what we have set out to achieve," he said.

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