NEW DELHI: The family of Subhas Chandra Bose held a rally in Kolkata on Tuesday, demanding declassification of all secret files related to the freedom fighter.
Netaji's family led a protest march to INA Bhavan in Kolkata in the afternoon.
"We demand that more than 100 files classified with the central government should immediately be declassified," Abhijit Roy, SC Bose's great grandson said.
On Monday night, Netaji's grand nephew Surya Kumar Bose met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Berlin and raised the issue of declassification of all secret files related to the freedom fighter.
Surya Kumar Bose met the Prime Minister after attending a reception hosted in Modi's honour by India's ambassador to Germany Vijay Gokhale.
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Speaking about the meeting, Netaji's nephew Ardhendu Bose said, "PM has assured him that he will study the issue very carefully and take whatever steps are necessary to declassify the files."
"Our request is to speed up the process, its already been 60-70 years," Ardhendu Bose said.
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