RSS ideology and Netaji's ideals poles apart, don't coincide: Anita Bose Pfaff

Amidst the fanfare over RSS plans to celebrate Netaji Subhas Chandra Boses birth anniversary in the city on January 23 his daughter Anita BosePfaff has said that the organisations ideology and the nationalist leaders ideas of secularism and inclusiveness are poles apart and do not coincideShe agreed that the fanfare over the celebration of her fathers birth anniversary is to partially serve their BJP RSS own interestsAs far as ideology is concerned the Congress has a lot more in common with Netaji than any other party in the country she saidAlso readSubhash Chandra Bose Jayanti 2023 Inspirational quotes by NetajiRSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will address a public programme at Shahid Minar ground in the city to commemorate Netaji Subhas Chandra Boses birth anniversaryBJP and RSS do not reflect the idea of respecting all religions as preached by Netaji who was a devout Hindu but believed in respecting other faiths He was in favour of productive cooperation between members of different religions BosePfaff saidThe RSS and BJP do not necessarily reflect this attitude If you want to put a simple label they are rightists and Netaji was a leftist she told PTI over phone from Germany where she livesFrom what I hear about the RSS ideology I would agree that it and Netajis ideology are poles apart The two value systems do not coincide It will certainly be good if the RSS felt it wanted to embrace Netajis ideals and ideas Many different groups want to celebrate Netajis birthday in different ways and a number of them necessarily agree with his ideas BosePfaff saidAsked whether Netaji was a critic of the RSS she said I dont know any quote of Netaji which I can give you He may have made critical statements about RSS members I know what his Netajis views are and about RSS The two value systems do not coincide RSS and Netajis ideology of secularism do not coincide with each other she saidSpeaking on the recent pomp and fanfare over Netajis birth anniversary celebrations she lauded the BJPled government at the Centre for taking a lot of initiatives to honour himThis has two aspects After Independence the official Congress stand on Netaji was reserved and not shared by all Congressmen It wanted to keep the narrative that it was only the civil disobedience movement that led to the countrys freedom But after Netaji files were declassified we came to know that Indian National Army INA played a very key role in it she saidOn the second aspect Pfaff wondered whether BJP would have honoured Netaji if he had held divergent views from that of the presentday government The BJP has made a lot of effort to honour Netaji With any politician you have first to allow them to look at hisher interest If Netaji was alive today and held a different view from that of the government then the BJP would not have honoured him So in this case it is their interest that is served she saidThe Trinamool Congress and BJP had locked horns to appropriate Netajis legacy on his 125th birth anniversary ahead of the assembly polls in 2021In 2015 the West Bengal government released 64 files on the leader held by the home department The Narendra Modi government at the Centre released 100 files on him the next yearAfter Independence the Centre had formed three inquiry commissions to unravel the mystery of Netajis disappearanceTwo of them the Shah Nawaz Commission and Khosla Commission were formed by the Congress governments and concluded that Bose died in an air crash on August 18 1945 soon after taking off from Taihoku airport in TaiwanThe third one the Mukherjee Commission formed by the BJPled NDA government said he did notThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever