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Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s grandnephew, Chandra Kumar Bose, wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, urging him to bring back the freedom fighter’s mortal remains from Japan’s Renkoji by August 18. Chandra Kumar Bose, a former BJP leader, also expressed the need for a final statement from the Centre to put an end to false narratives and theories about Netaji.
“It is time that the Government of India, under your able leadership, has taken the initiative to declassify Netaji-related files and come to a closure. After the release of all the files (10 Enquiries- National and International), it is evident that Netaji perished on 18 August 1945, it is, therefore imperative that a final statement is made from the Government of India, so that false narratives about the Liberator of India is laid to rest,” Chandra Kumar Bose wrote in his letter to PM Modi.
“Efforts must be made to bring the mortal remains of an immortal Hero to his home country- India, the land he liberated. My humble appeal to you is to bring back the mortal remains of Netaji from Renkoji to India by 18 August 2024,” he added.
Speaking to media persons, Chandra Kumar Bose said, “The declassification process has exposed secret files and documents which conclusively establish that Netaji died in this air crash on August 18, 1945. It is highly insulting that Netaji’s remains have been kept at the Renkoji temple in Japan. We have been writing to PM for the last three-and-a-half years, that in order to honour the liberator of India, his remains must touch Indian soil. It is my humble appeal to him to bring back the mortal remains of Netaji from Renkoji to India by August 18, 2024.”
There are several theories regarding the death and disappearance of Netaji. While it is commonly believed that Bose died shortly after a plane crash in Taipei in 1945, a second theory suggests that he was captured and murdered in a prison in Russia.
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