Netaji’s daughter all political parties to bring back his mortal remains from Tokyo
Ahead of the unveiling of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose‘s statue in New Delhi, the revolutionary’s daughter Anita Bose Pfaff on Wednesday expressed her gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She also urged all political parties in the country to work toward bringing the ashes at Tokyo’s Renkoji Temple to India.
Bose said in a statement, “I am gratified to note that a statue of my father, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, will be unveiled on September 8 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and will occupy pride of place in New Delhi.”
“It was my father’s ambition to experience a free India. Tragically his untimely death denied him this wish. I feel his remains should at least touch the soil of India and bring closure to the matter,” she said.
“Therefore, I appeal to the people of India and to all Indian political parties to unite in an apolitical and bipartisan manner to bring my father’s mortal remains to India,” she added.
“When free India is recognizing his valour and heroism by installing his statue at a most central and prestigious location in the heart of the Indian capital, I wish to remind Indians that my father’s mortal remains are still lying in Tokyo and have not been brought home to India for a final disposal for over 77 years,” she said in the statement.
Modi will unveil the 28-ft statue of Bose at India Gate in the national capital on Thursday. Bose had earlier said that she won’t be able to attend the programme but would like to meet the Prime Minister to discuss the conditions and procedures for bringing to India the ashes at Renkoji Temple, which she claimed is of her father.
Earlier she said that she would approach the Indian and the Japanese governments for a DNA test of the ashes at Tokyo’s Renkoji Temple.
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Finally Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose finds his place in Indian history.
I am very unhappy that Pappu & Mumtaz & Italian Bar Maid are NOT invited.
Modi not inviting the above is death of democracy in India elsewhere Bloom & Gloom (read Pakistan)
Finally, Bose deserved this more than Nehru