Tushar Gandhi says getting Bapu's items back is miracle

Mumbai, March 6 (PTI) Terming as a "miracle" liquor
baron Vijay Mallya's success at the auction of his great
grandfather Mahatma Gandhi's personal belongings in the US,
Tushar Gandhi Friday said he was delighted that the
memorabilia will come back to India.

"I am delighted, absolutely delighted that Vijay
Mallya bought these things and they will now come back to
India," he said.

Recalling that he was very apprehensive that something
might go wrong at the auction, Gandhi said with the help of
his friend and former cricketer Dilip Doshi he was trying to
get the items back.

"We had put a safety (measure) in place and Doshi was
also bidding for these items. But when we realised that there
may be an Indian bidding against him, he stopped his bid at
1.7 million," he told NDTV.

Asked if he was surprised at industrialist Mallya's
bid, he said, "I won't say that I was very surprised. I think
at the back of my mind I was hoping that something like this
will happen because I always believed that miracles do happen
and I think this is a miracle that has happened".

Gandhi said that Mallya was able to "outbid" everyone
and buy the five iconic items of the Mahatma.

Asked if the Father of the Nation's legacy had been
somewhat lost, he said Bapu's legacy has been allowed to
wither away and become distant from the people. PTI RAI
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