Bose’s grand nephew to meet Modi in Germany
13 April 2015 4:43 AM IST
Surya Kumar Bose, also the President of the Indo-German Association in Hamburg, has been invited by the Indian embassy to attend a reception in Berlin on the occasion of Modi’s visit to Germany.
Netaji’s grand nephew Chandra Bose said his brother would raise the issue of declassification of files during the meeting.
“The time has now come to declassify Netaji files. Saying it would affect India’s relations with other nations is simply a lame excuse. The Modi government has been talking of transparency and now it is the time to provide transparency by releasing those files which will tell us what happened to Netaji during his last years,” Bose said. In an RTI reply, the Prime Minister’s Office has refused to declassify secret files relating to Netaji arguing that the “disclosure would prejudicially affect relation with foreign countries.”
When under house arrest by the British, Netaji had escaped from India in 1941 to seek international support for India’s freedom struggle. After organising the Indian National Army with Japanese help he went missing in 1945, giving birth to India’s most debated and puzzling mystery.
He was last seen at Bangkok Airport on August 17, 1945. The Mukherjee Commission formed by the Centre had rejected the opinion that he died in a plane crash in Taiwan on August 18, 1945.
Netaji’s grand nephew Chandra Bose said his brother would raise the issue of declassification of files during the meeting.
“The time has now come to declassify Netaji files. Saying it would affect India’s relations with other nations is simply a lame excuse. The Modi government has been talking of transparency and now it is the time to provide transparency by releasing those files which will tell us what happened to Netaji during his last years,” Bose said. In an RTI reply, the Prime Minister’s Office has refused to declassify secret files relating to Netaji arguing that the “disclosure would prejudicially affect relation with foreign countries.”
When under house arrest by the British, Netaji had escaped from India in 1941 to seek international support for India’s freedom struggle. After organising the Indian National Army with Japanese help he went missing in 1945, giving birth to India’s most debated and puzzling mystery.
He was last seen at Bangkok Airport on August 17, 1945. The Mukherjee Commission formed by the Centre had rejected the opinion that he died in a plane crash in Taiwan on August 18, 1945.
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