Mamata demands Centre declassify Netaji files
19 Sept 2015 6:41 AM IST
“This is the beginning of the future. The people should know the truth. Let the Central government also declassify the files (on Netaji). Let good sense prevail on all of us. You cannot suppress the truth. Let <g data-gr-id="43">truth</g> come out. It will come out today or tomorrow,” Banerjee, who visited Kolkata Police Museum where the declassified files have been kept, said
Asked that it is said India’s relations with some countries might be affected if files on Netaji with the Centre were declassified, she <g data-gr-id="41">said</g> “Now we have got independence. There is no harm in honouring those leaders who got us independence. We should salute them. Before declassifying the <g data-gr-id="46">files</g> we have seen that internationally nothing will happen. If we have <g data-gr-id="44">bilateral</g> relation with a country it is necessary to review it.”
“In 70 years, the mystery has not been solved. We did not know what happened (to Netaji). It is unfortunate. How long you can keep it under secrecy,” she said.
On questions whether there was any attempt to hide something, she said, “What you can guess, I can also guess. Let the country face the reality. There is nothing to hide. Why don’t you declassify the files.”
Speaking on whether there might be law and order problem after declassification of these files, “I don’t think that there will be any law and order problem. It is a mere excuse. If there <g data-gr-id="38">is</g> any law and order problem, we are there to tackle it.”
Earlier in the day, Banerjee said in a tweet, “Today is a historic day. Our government has made all Netaji files public. People have a right to know about the brave son of India.”
AIFB welcomes Bengal govt decision to declassify Netaji files
All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) on Friday welcomed West Bengal government’s declassification of files relating to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and urged the Centre to follow suit and declassify 135 files relating to the leader with it.
“AIFB welcomes <g data-gr-id="91">decision</g> of state government. We hope these papers will throw more light on the plan and procedure of Netaji by utilising the situation of World War II in favour of <g data-gr-id="90">liberation</g> of our motherland, India.
“It will also reveal <g data-gr-id="94">conspiracy</g> of the then Congress party to keep Netaji away from Independent India,” AIFB general secretary Debabrata Biswas said in a statement.
The All India Forward Bloc was formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose himself.
Biswas <g data-gr-id="89">down played</g> the argument that declassification of files by Centre will result in <g data-gr-id="93">strained</g> relationship with other countries saying the same has “no logic”.
In the era of World Trade Organisation, all countries are keeping relation with each other on the basis of commerce, he argued.
“Moreover, history and geography of many countries have changed since 1945, the end of World War II,” Biswas added.
He appealed the Mamata Banerjee government to keep the declassified files in such a place that general public and researchers can access them easily.
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