Kolkata: Legendary freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose’s grandson has expressed hope that the meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Netaji’s family today would yield some positive result and the truth about his disappearance would be settled once and for all.The meeting comes amid unending mystery over Bose’s 1945 death, reportedly in a plane crash in Formosa, now Taiwan. Many believe that Bose did not die then.
PM Modi on Tuesday confirmed his scheduled meet with the great freedom fighter’s family on Twitter. He wrote: “Tomorrow is a very special day. I will meet family members of Subhas Babu at my residence. It is an honour to host them…” Modi will meet Netaji’s kin at at 7, Race Course Road, the official residence of the Prime Minister today evening.
Bose’s grand nephew Chandra Bose has said that his family will appeal to Modi to write to countries including Russia, Japan, China, America, UK, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia to declassify all Netaji files lying with them. Adding to the Netaji death mystery, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee last month had said that some letters in the declassified files indicate that Bose was alive even after 1945.
The Trinamool Congress chief’s comments came after sixty-four secret files relating to Netaji that could help throw light on his mysterious disappearance–an enduring enigma for seven decades –were released by her government.
“There are intercepts. I have seen the documents and it is clear from them that the family of Netaji was spied upon,” Banerjee had told the media. She termed the snooping incident as unfortunate and said after India’s independence the great freedom fighter did not get due honour. On August 22, 1945, Tokyo Radio announced the ‘death’ of Netaji in an air crash in Formosa (now Taiwan) on August 18, 1945, en route to Japan.
Bureau Report
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