Kolkata: Great freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s grand-nephew, Chandra Kumar Bose, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Saturday evening and is understood to have raised the issue of declassification of all secret files related to the freedom fighter amid a row over snooping on the leader’s close relatives.
Confirming the news, a PIB tweet said, “Chandra Bose, grandson of Sarat Bose(brother of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose) and Usha Menon Bose meeting PM.”
Last month, PM Modi had met Surya Bose, another grand nephew of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, in Berlin and had assured him that he will look into the surveillance issue.
Recently, declassified IB files had revealed that the former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru-led government had order surveillance on Netaji’s kin between 1948 and 1968. The files reveal that the IB had resumed British-era surveillance on the two Bose family homes in Calcutta at Woodburn Park and Elgin Road.
PM Modi arrived here today evening about 45 minutes ahead of schedule while on a two-day trip to West Bengal.
Prior to the meet, on his first visit to West Bengal after taking over as Prime Minister, Modi kickstarted the “Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana” (accident insurance), “Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Yojana” (life insurance) and “Atal Pension Yojana” here. The schemes were launched in Kolkata, capital of West Bengal where Assembly Elections are due next year.
