As the efforts to stop the auction of Mahatma Gandhi's personal belongings failed, businessman Sant Singh Chatwal asserted that he would make a bid for "sacred pieces of Indian history". Fearing that the controversy over the auction has boosted the prices, the high-profile hotelier said he would like other community leaders to take part in the bidding.
The auction is slated for Thursday afternoon.
Chatwal was speaking to Rediff India Abroad just as Antiquorum Auctioneers in New York asserted the auction would go on, and its chairman Robert Maron told National Public Radio that he had received threats from India. He did not elaborate on the threats but, he said Gandhi had not opposed the idea of auctioning his few items. 'I am sorry this has become a controversy,' he said. "Gandhi himself was a pacifist.' source: rediff.com
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