Mixed Reactions to Declassifying the Files
While Bose’s family members have welcomed the move to declassify the Netaji files, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen criticised the Centre. He accused the government of declassifying the files for petty, political gains.
Amartya Sen, Nobel LaureateThe circumstances of the death are sometimes made the way for producing an element of petty minded politics. The sole idea that somehow it would come out that the leadership of the Congress had a special role in the end of Subhas Bose’s life would be a rather peculiar story.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, however, said it was our responsibility to share Netaji’s truth with the younger generation. In her tweets, she also said Bose must be given the title of ‘Leader of the Nation’.
Indian Soldiers Who Refused to Fight Soviets Were ‘Shot Dead’ By Nazis
A 1969 newspaper clipping that emerged from the archives of the Netaji files declassified earlier today, tell the story of how Indian soldiers who formed a division within the German army were shot dead for refusing to fight the Soviets.
Brother Did Not Believe the Crash Theory
The 1956 Shahnawaz Khan Enquiry Committee that probed Netaji’s death submitted a report that said he died in an air crash on 18 August 1945. Netaji’s brother, SC Bose, who was also a part of the committee, however, disagreed with this view.
The 1956 inquiry commission report included a picture of the crash site.
Who Was Prof Samar Guha?
Three-time Lok Sabha MP Samar Guha was a revolutionary and an associate of Subhas Chandra Bose and Jayaprakash Narayan. He had been in detention and prison for 11 years during the days of British rule in India. He was a Chemistry Scholar and a former teacher of Chemistry of Jadavpur University, Calcutta.
Congress Questions the Govt’s Intentions
After the Netaji files were declassified, Congress leader Anand Sharma addressed the media, raising doubts about the government’s intentions.
- The way the PM has carried this out, raises doubts about the intentions of the Government of India, nation needs to understand this.
- The BJP can’t claim any leader who were on the forefront of the freedom struggle.
- We have said from the very beginning that this is a deliberate controversy.
- The Congress will expose and take action against this mischievous fake letter (allegedly written by Nehru to Atlee).
- We will take all measures to punish people once identified. Whoever is taking ownership must come forward.