 "Netaji's family to campaign against kin for 'betraying Bose legacy'")
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's grand nephew and Trinamool's Lok Sabha candidate Sugata Bose is facing tough opposition from his family with over 30 kin jumping in the ring to campaign against him.
Sugato, a Harvard University professor, is contesting from Jadavpur constituency where his family members have gone out to campaign against him and support CPI(M) candidate Sujan Chakraborty instead.
"Sugato has refused to support the demand for declassification of files relating to the mysterious disappearance of Netaji after which we decided to campaign against him as he has betrayed us and the Bose legacy," Netaji's another grand-nephew Chandra Bose said.
Along with other admirers of the freedom fighter, around 30 family members of Netaji have come together under the 'Open Platform for Netaji'.
The forum members said Sugato had told them that declassification was a non-issue, but the PMO had admitted in an RTI reply that they had secret files with them.
"Netaji belongs to the nation and not only to one family. And we want that the truth about his life should be out in the open. Since Sugato is not supporting us in this initiative we have decided to oppose his candidature," Chandra Bose said.
All India Forward Bloc, one of the constituents of the Left Front, has even included the Netaji issue in its poll manifesto.
"Disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose will be re-enquired on the basis of Mukherjee Commission report. All the files of INA and Azad Hind Government will be declassified," the manifesto says.
Sugato, a Harvard University professor, is contesting from Jadavpur constituency where his family members have gone out to campaign against him and support CPI(M) candidate Sujan Chakraborty instead.
"Sugato has refused to support the demand for declassification of files relating to the mysterious disappearance of Netaji after which we decided to campaign against him as he has betrayed us and the Bose legacy," Netaji's another grand-nephew Chandra Bose said.
Along with other admirers of the freedom fighter, around 30 family members of Netaji have come together under the 'Open Platform for Netaji'.
The forum members said Sugato had told them that declassification was a non-issue, but the PMO had admitted in an RTI reply that they had secret files with them.
"Netaji belongs to the nation and not only to one family. And we want that the truth about his life should be out in the open. Since Sugato is not supporting us in this initiative we have decided to oppose his candidature," Chandra Bose said.
All India Forward Bloc, one of the constituents of the Left Front, has even included the Netaji issue in its poll manifesto.
"Disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose will be re-enquired on the basis of Mukherjee Commission report. All the files of INA and Azad Hind Government will be declassified," the manifesto says.
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