Nehru name drop: Cong calls it 'petty', BJP hits back with 'modiabind' barb

The government has renamed the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Society as Prime Ministers' Museum and Library Society, drawing strong condemnation on Friday from the Congress that termed the dropping of the name of India's first PM it as "petty act" and asserted that legacies don't get erased by renaming buildings.

The BJP also slammed the Congress, saying they are suffering from "Modiabind" --blind opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. BJP chief J P Nadda also said the Congress' inability to accept that there are leaders beyond "one dynasty" is a classic example of "political indigestion".

The move to rename the Society comes nearly a year after the 'Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya' was inaugurated on the premises of the iconic Teen Murti Bhavan, which served as the official residence of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

In a special meeting, presided over by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who is the vice president of the Society, it was decided to change its name,