British jailed Gandhi, Nehru in same prisons: Modi told May on Mallya

India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru has been much pilloried over the past four years. As it turns out, Nehru came to Modi's rescue when the latter met UK Prime Minister Theresa May earlier this year on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj shared that after disgraced industrialist Vijay Mallya complained that Indian jails were in poor condition, a British court suggested a team would inspect them. 

The issue came up for discussion during May's meeting with Modi. According to Swaraj, Modi told May that these were the same jails where the British