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History incomplete until Netaji mystery solved: Mamata
India's history will remain incomplete until the mystery surrounding the
disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is solved, West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Friday.
Paying tribute to Bose on his 118th birth anniversary here, Banerjee said he did not get the honour that he deserved.
"The
final days of Netaji are still a mystery. What happened to him, no one
knows. History is incomplete. There can never be a substitute for
Netaji, one of the most inspirational people in Indian history,"
Banerjee said in her address.
"Netaji has not got the honour he deserved from the powers that be," she added.
Banerjee's
comments come in the wake of a host of Netaji's descendants and
historians campaigning for declassification of over 100 of secret files
said to be in the possession of the central and the Bengal governments.
Following
repeated denials by the central government to provide information about
the files citing public interest, activists and rights organisations
have moved the Calcutta High Court seeking declassification of secret
documents and a judicial review on whether the documents should remain
secret in public interest.