Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma has suggested shifting of Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Kanubhai Gandhi and his wife Shiva Lakshmi Gandhi, who are currently staying in an old age home here, to a better location following visit to the place on the instructions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Sharma had visited Guru Vishram Vridh Ashram at Gautampuri in South Delhi on Sunday after Modi took note of media reports about the octogenarian couple staying there.
In a report, submitted to Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Sharma had said that the old age home was not in a good condition compared to the stature of the couple and room was small for them, a source said.
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The Minister also said that there was no dedicated doctor and caretaker for Kanubhai (87) and his 85-year-old wife, he added.
Sharma also suggested that the couple may be shifted to some better location where they could have a dedicated team of doctor and caretakers for them, the source said.
Modi had directed the authorities to ensure that the couple has a comfortable stay after a conversation with Kanubhai on Sunday.
After over four decades of stay in the United States, Kanubhai and his wife had returned to India in 2014 and spent about a year-and-a-half in various Ashrams in Gujarat before checking into Delhi ashram on May 8.
Kanubhai is the eldest son of Mahatma Gandhi's third son Ramdas.
Kanubhai left India at the age of 17 and studied at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology and later worked at NASA's Langley Research Centre. His wife holds a doctorate in biochemistry.
