Dharamshala (HP), Feb 12 (PTI) Congress leader Anand Sharma has sanctioned Rs 10 lakh from his MPLADS fund for the restoration of a statue of Jawaharlal Nehru in Palampur in Himachal Pradesh, former chief minister Shanta Kumar said in a statement on Saturday.

In the statement issued from Dubai, Kumar thanked the Congress MP for the grant and said he himself had given Rs 1 lakh a few months ago for the restoration of the statue of the country's first prime minister.

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Kumar appealed to the state government to restore the statues of Nehru and other personalities installed in Palampur.

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