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Netaji kin meet Modi over secret files declassification
Kolkata, May 9
Descendants of Netaji Subhas
Chandra Bose, who have been campaigning for declassification of secret
files on the nationalist leader, on Saturday exuded confidence of a
positive outcome after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Led
by Netaji's grand nephew Chandra Kumar Bose, the family members met
Modi, who is on a two-day visit to West Bengal for the first time after
becoming prime minister.
Describing the meeting as positive,
Chandra Kumar said Modi asked the family members and other Netaji
scholars to make a joint effort for the process of declassification of
over 100 files said to be with the central government and 64 files with
the Bengal government.
"His approach towards our demand for
declassification was very positive. Declassification is a long drawn
process and cannot be initiated instantly. He has called for a joint
effort from the Netaji family, historians and researchers and the
government," said Chandra Kumar.
He said the family members have
been invited to Delhi for a meeting to initiate the joint effort for
declassification of the files.
They also raised the issue of alleged snooping on the Netaji family by successive Congress governments.
"We
did raise the snooping issue with the prime minister. But we do not
want to see the issue in isolation. Once the secret files are
declassified, the who and why the snooping was ordered will itself
become clear," said Chandra Kumar.