Architect Raj Rewal (84) claimed that the design of the yet-to-be-built Museum of the Prime Ministers of India in the Teen Murti complex has been plagiarised from his design of the Library Block at the State University of Performing and Visual Arts, Rohtak. The museum is being built by the Centre at a cost of Rs 271 crore on the premises of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library.
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Raman Sikka of Sikka Associates Architects, which is designing the museum, said, “We’ve conceptualised the design to represent the hands of Prime Ministers shaping a rising nation, and the Dharma Chakra from the flag is a symbol of a rising India. The allegation of plagiarism is baseless; our concept is unique. One cannot break down parts of a building to find other similar parts. The building and its concept have to be seen as a whole.”
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