President Ram Nath Kovind unveiled the portrait on Saturday to mark Netaji s birth anniversary.
Highlights
Posts on social media claim the portrait is of actor Prosenjit Chatterjee
BJP sources assert that the photo was provided by Netaji s family
Kolkata:
A portrait of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose unveiled by the President at Rashtrapati Bhavan is that of an actor who played him in a biopic, claimed posts on social media that were discredited today by government sources.
President Ram Nath Kovind unveiled Netaji s portrait on Saturday to mark his birth anniversary, named Parakram Diwas by the Centre. A post on his timeline went viral with many users claiming the portrait was actually one of Prosenjit Chatterjee, who played Netaji in the 2019 biopic Gumnami .