New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat raised questions in Parliament over documents related to former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru that were taken from the Prime Ministers' Museum and Library (PMML) in 2008, urging former Congress President Sonia Gandhi to return them in the interest of preserving the country's documentary heritage.

Speaking on the issue on Thursday, Shekhawat said that between 1971 and 1992, documents related to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru were handed over to the Prime Ministers' Museum on nine different occasions.

"Today (on Thursday), a question was raised regarding the documents of the Prime Ministers' Museum... From 1971 to 1992, during this entire period, documents related to Pandit ...