Commentator Swapan Dasgupta is likely to be appointed Director of the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML) in New Delhi. He is currently a member of the NMML Society which is presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

When Dasgupta was reached for comment, he said: "I don't know."

Official sources said as Director of NMML, Dasgupta will enjoy the status of a Minister of State. "The government is in the process of upgrading the status of the Director of NMML as part of its effort to make relevant the life and works of Jawaharlal Nehru,' an official said.


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Pic: Dasgupta receiving the Padma Bhushan from President Pranab Mukherjee last year.