By PTI
KOLKATA: Amidst the fanfare over RSS’ plans to rejoice Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s beginning anniversary within the metropolis on January 23, his daughter Anita Bose-Pfaff has mentioned that the organisation’s ideology and the nationalist chief’s concepts of secularism and inclusiveness are “poles apart and do not coincide”.
She agreed that the fanfare over the celebration of her father’s beginning anniversary is to “partially serve their (BJP, RSS) own interests”.
As far as ideology is anxious, the Congress has much more in frequent with Netaji than every other celebration within the nation, she mentioned.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will tackle a public programme at Shahid Minar floor within the metropolis to commemorate Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s beginning anniversary.]
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BJP and RSS don’t mirror the thought of respecting all religions as preached by Netaji, who was a religious Hindu however believed in respecting different faiths.
He was in favour of productive cooperation between members of various religions, Bose-Pfaff mentioned.
“The RSS and BJP do not necessarily reflect this attitude …If you want to put a simple label, they are rightists and Netaji was a leftist,” she advised PTI over telephone from Germany the place she lives.
“From what I hear about the RSS ideology, I would agree that it and Netaji’s ideology are poles apart. The two value systems do not coincide. It will certainly be good if the RSS felt it wanted to embrace Netaji’s ideals and ideas. Many different groups want to celebrate Netaji’s birthday in different ways and a number of them necessarily agree with his ideas,” Bose-Pfaff mentioned.
Asked whether or not Netaji was a critic of the RSS, she mentioned “I don’t know any quote (of Netaji) which I can give you. He may have made critical statements about RSS members. I know what his (Netaji’s) views are and about RSS. The two value systems do not coincide. RSS and Netaji’s ideology of secularism do not coincide with each other,” she mentioned.
Speaking on the current pomp and fanfare over Netaji’s beginning anniversary celebrations, she lauded the BJP-led authorities on the Centre for taking a “lot of initiatives” to honour him.
“This has two aspects. After Independence, the official Congress stand on Netaji was reserved and not shared by all Congressmen. It wanted to keep the narrative that it was only the civil disobedience movement that led to the country’s freedom. But after Netaji files were declassified we came to know that Indian National Army (INA) played a very key role in it,” she mentioned.
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On the second facet, Pfaff puzzled whether or not BJP would have honoured Netaji if he had held divergent views from that of the present-day authorities.
“The BJP has made a lot of effort to honour Netaji. With any politician, you have first to allow them to look at his/her interest. If Netaji was alive today and held a different view from that of the government, then the BJP would not have honoured him. =So (in this case) it is their interest that is served,” she mentioned.
The Trinamool Congress and BJP had locked horns to acceptable Netaji’s legacy on his one hundred and twenty fifth beginning anniversary forward of the meeting polls in 2021.
In 2015, the West Bengal authorities launched 64 recordsdata on the chief held by the house division.
The Narendra Modi authorities on the Centre launched 100 recordsdata on him the subsequent 12 months.
After Independence, the Centre had shaped three inquiry commissions to unravel the thriller of Netaji’s disappearance.
Two of them — the Shah Nawaz Commission and Khosla Commission had been shaped by the Congress governments and concluded that Bose died in an air crash on August 18, 1945, quickly after taking off from Taihoku airport in Taiwan.
The third one — the Mukherjee Commission shaped by the BJP-led NDA authorities mentioned he didn’t.
KOLKATA: Amidst the fanfare over RSS’ plans to rejoice Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s beginning anniversary within the metropolis on January 23, his daughter Anita Bose-Pfaff has mentioned that the organisation’s ideology and the nationalist chief’s concepts of secularism and inclusiveness are “poles apart and do not coincide”.
She agreed that the fanfare over the celebration of her father’s beginning anniversary is to “partially serve their (BJP, RSS) own interests”.
As far as ideology is anxious, the Congress has much more in frequent with Netaji than every other celebration within the nation, she mentioned.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will tackle a public programme at Shahid Minar floor within the metropolis to commemorate Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s beginning anniversary.]
ALSO READ | RSS’ try and acceptable Netaji on his beginning anniversary triggers consternation in Kolkata
BJP and RSS don’t mirror the thought of respecting all religions as preached by Netaji, who was a religious Hindu however believed in respecting different faiths.
He was in favour of productive cooperation between members of various religions, Bose-Pfaff mentioned.
“The RSS and BJP do not necessarily reflect this attitude …If you want to put a simple label, they are rightists and Netaji was a leftist,” she advised PTI over telephone from Germany the place she lives.
“From what I hear about the RSS ideology, I would agree that it and Netaji’s ideology are poles apart. The two value systems do not coincide. It will certainly be good if the RSS felt it wanted to embrace Netaji’s ideals and ideas. Many different groups want to celebrate Netaji’s birthday in different ways and a number of them necessarily agree with his ideas,” Bose-Pfaff mentioned.
Asked whether or not Netaji was a critic of the RSS, she mentioned “I don’t know any quote (of Netaji) which I can give you. He may have made critical statements about RSS members. I know what his (Netaji’s) views are and about RSS. The two value systems do not coincide. RSS and Netaji’s ideology of secularism do not coincide with each other,” she mentioned.
Speaking on the current pomp and fanfare over Netaji’s beginning anniversary celebrations, she lauded the BJP-led authorities on the Centre for taking a “lot of initiatives” to honour him.
“This has two aspects. After Independence, the official Congress stand on Netaji was reserved and not shared by all Congressmen. It wanted to keep the narrative that it was only the civil disobedience movement that led to the country’s freedom. But after Netaji files were declassified we came to know that Indian National Army (INA) played a very key role in it,” she mentioned.
READ HERE | Netaji in Nagaland: The untold story
On the second facet, Pfaff puzzled whether or not BJP would have honoured Netaji if he had held divergent views from that of the present-day authorities.
“The BJP has made a lot of effort to honour Netaji. With any politician, you have first to allow them to look at his/her interest. If Netaji was alive today and held a different view from that of the government, then the BJP would not have honoured him. =So (in this case) it is their interest that is served,” she mentioned.
The Trinamool Congress and BJP had locked horns to acceptable Netaji’s legacy on his one hundred and twenty fifth beginning anniversary forward of the meeting polls in 2021.
In 2015, the West Bengal authorities launched 64 recordsdata on the chief held by the house division.
The Narendra Modi authorities on the Centre launched 100 recordsdata on him the subsequent 12 months.
After Independence, the Centre had shaped three inquiry commissions to unravel the thriller of Netaji’s disappearance.
Two of them — the Shah Nawaz Commission and Khosla Commission had been shaped by the Congress governments and concluded that Bose died in an air crash on August 18, 1945, quickly after taking off from Taihoku airport in Taiwan.
The third one — the Mukherjee Commission shaped by the BJP-led NDA authorities mentioned he didn’t.
