West Bengal government declassified 64 files relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose which might throw some light on his mysterious disappearance, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that the Centre should also act and make the files on him public.
"We made a beginning. 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 truth come out. 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. You read the files in details," Chief Minister Banerjee said.
The 64 files containing 12,744 pages were declassified in the presence of his family members who have been demanding that information on Bose, kept confidential till now, should be made public.
The files were displayed in glass cascades in Kolkata Police Museum here and they would be made accessible to the public from Monday Sep 21,2015, City Police Commissioner Surajit Kar Purakayastha said.
The digitised files in the form of a compact disc were handed over to
members of the family of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose which included grand
nephew Chandra Kumar Bose and former MP Krishna Bose.
On Friday, the museum was opened only for members of Netaji's family and
the media. The files will be open to the public on a first come, first
served basis from Monday.
Welcoming the declassification of the 64 files by the state government, Chandra Bose, Netaji's grandnephew said, "It is a correct step. Now it is the duty of the central government to declassify 130 files it has with it."
Chandra Bose said, "By keeping the files under secrecy for 70 long years, some leaders have committed treachery towards the country. It is the duty of the central government to declassify those files to expose those leaders." He said that it is not possible to keep those files under secrecy any longer.
On whether Netaji died in 1945 in a plane crash, Bose replied, "A communication from CID Howrah quoting the US and the British intelligence stated that he did not die in plane crash."
Another family member of Netaji and a former TMC MP Krishna Bose said that Mamata Banerjee has taken a bold step by declassifying the files. "So far there were gossips, now truth will come out. I am happy that the files have been made public", she said, adding that the Centre should also do so. Krishna Bose said that she wanted know why "snooping on Netaji family members" was conducted even after Independence.
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