- Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s grandnephew Chandra Bose, on Wednesday quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), tendering his resignation from the primary membership.
- In a letter to BJP’s national president, Bose wrote that Netaji and his elder brother stood for “an inclusive and secular ideology for independent India”.
- Bose stated that he had joined the BJP in 2016, as he was inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “leadership and expansive development programme”.
- In 2016, Bose had contested assembly elections from Bhawanipur constituency in south Kolkata against Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee.
- He also contested the Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha seat in 2019.
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s grandnephew Chandra Kumar Bose resignAdd Newed from the BJP on Wednesday citing differences — ahead of the Lok Sabha election 2024. Chandra Kumar Bose was BJP’s vice president in West Bengal in 2016 and was dropped in 2020. In his resignation letter, he said he received no support from the BJP — neither at the Centre nor at the state level to propagate the ideology of the Bose brothers — Subash Chandra Bose and Sarat Chandra Bose.
Bose recalled that there was a decision to form “Azad Hind Morcha” within the framework of BJP, with a focus on propagating Netaji’s ideology of “uniting all communities as Bharatiyas, irrespective of religion, caste and creed”.
“My own ardent promotional efforts to achieve these laudable objectives have not received any support from the BJP, either at the Centre or at the state level in West Bengal. I had put forward a detailed proposal suggesting a Bengal strategy to reach out to the people of Bengal. My proposals were ignored. Given these unfortunate circumstances, it has become impossible for me to continue in all conscience as a member of the BJP,” he wrote.
“I have chosen to take this critical step on a significant date for the Bose family which I the 134th birth anniversary of my grandfather Sarat Chandra Bose, the elder brother, mentor and comrade-in-arms of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose,” the letter read.
Talking about his inspiration to join the BJP, Chandra Kumar Bose praised PM Modi’s leadership and development programme. “My discussions then centred on the inclusive ideology of the Bose Brothers. My understanding, both then and later, has been that I would propagate this ideology across the nation on a BJP platform.
On being asked, what kept him waiting for so long if he didn’t find the party’s support as he had initially considered it to be, Bose said it was “patience” that kept him with the party all this while. “I still admire PM Modi’s leadership. I was waiting,” alleging that the instructions given by the top leaders don’t find their way to the bottom of the party.
After his resignation, Chandra Bose commented on the India versus Bharat debate and said it was a non-issue as India is Bharat, as clearly mentioned in the Constitution.
(With inputs from agencies)
