Why Trinamool, BJP are competing over Netaji Subhash Bose ahead of Bengal polls
Why Trinamool, BJP are competing over Netaji Subhash Bose ahead of Bengal polls
As elections approach in Bengal, the fight is not just over political or civic issues, but as to who would be the true flag-bearer of Bengali ‘ashmita’. And with Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary round the corner, the Trinamool Congress and BJP are involved in a tug-of-war over who does it better.
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Bengal asmita vs national hero: Who will take on Netaji s legacy?
During his recent visit to West Bengal, Union Home minister Amit Shah paid floral tributes to revolutionary Khudiram Basu and Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore. Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, while addressing the centenary celebrations of Tagore’s Visva Bharati University, said the literary legend’s vision was the essence of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’.
The Netaji Mystery: Marking the End of Another âBabaâ Story
Gumnami-baba was not the first or only sadhu who was portrayed as Netaji by claimants who believed that Bose did not die in a plane crash at Formosa in 1945.
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Photo: Public domain image
History20/Dec/2020
It is not surprising that among the stories mystifying Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s death, the ‘Baba’ stories appealed more to the people than any others. India being the land of sadhus and mystics it is but natural that people would like to believe that their immortal Netaji would lead an eternal life in the form of a sadhu.