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| Diplomats scurry to stop auction |
| Diplomats scurry to stop auction of Gandhi's items
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 4-March-2009
1:13:20 AM |
| Indian diplomats in NY are making all out efforts to stop the auction of Mahatma Gandhi's personal items, even as community leaders and groups are working out strategies to buy them if the auction goes ahead on Thursday.
After a high-level meeting with the top diplomats of the Indian Consulate on Wednesday, the Antiquorum Auctioneers promised to convey their final decision tonight just before Mahatma's item are due to go on auction on Thursday.
Despite extensive efforts by the Indian officials, neither the auction house nor the owner James Otis has shown any interest in taking Gandhi memorabilia off the block.
India has said it is approaching the US to prevent Gandhi's personal items from going under the hammer after Delhi High Court passed an interim injunction order to prevent the prized articles from being put on auction.
"The Ministry of External Affairs is going to take up with the US State Department the issue with an aim of stalling the auction at Antiquoroum Auctioneeer in New York," Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni had said.
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