NEW DELHI: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Monday alleged that the Nehru-Gandhi family “surrendered” before the United States, as he slammed the Congress over a “missing American nuclear device” near the Nanda Devi mountain in the Himalayas, linking it to some recent natural disasters in India.In a post on X, Dubey attached a copy of an April 1978 letter from members of the US Congress addressed to the-then US President, Jimmy Carter. The letter expressed concern about a “CIA operation” in India in the 1960s, which the United States’ foreign intelligence agency apparently carried out without keeping the Indian government in the loop.

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The letter cited an Outside magazine article, published by Rolling Stone.“According to the author, Howard Kohn, there are two nuclear-powered monitoring devices – allegedly for the surveillance of Chinese atomic weapons testing – high in the Himalayas. The devices, containing plutonium, were placed on two mountains, one of which, Nanda Devi, is the source of India’s Ganges River, the holy river for millions of Hindus,” the letter stated. “One of the monitoring stations is said to have been buried by an avalanche, and thus might be currently leaking plutonium into the Ganges. If this is true, it would be a serious problem, indeed,” it added.The US Congress had further urged Carter to investigate the matter, and take necessary steps to resolve the “serious and embarrassing situation” if the allegation was accurate.Sharing the letter, Dubey asked whether the Kedarnath disaster, the Teesta River flooding, melting glaciers in Gangotri and Yamunotri, and even the decreasing water level of the Ganga (also known as the Ganges) could be linked to this incident.“The Nehru-Gandhi family bowing before America Rahul Gandhi ji, the Congress party, and the destruction of farmers with India’s faith. Did the Kedarnath disaster happen due to America’s nuclear material that disappeared from above the Nanda Devi mountain peak in the 1960s? Is the same reason behind the flooding of the Teesta? Are the melting glaciers of Gangotri-Yamunotri and the continuous decrease in the Ganga’s water, responsible for the farmers’ destruction, due to surrender by the Congress party of Nehru ji?” his social media post read.In the 1960s, Indian and American intelligence agencies reportedly carried out a joint mission to place a nuclear-powered monitoring station near the summit. After one device was lost during the operation, a search mission failed to recover it, sparking fears of long-term environmental damage.