Centre to RTI applicant: No record of Bose role in struggle

In a shocking revelation, Central Government has said it has no information in its records about the contribution of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to India’s freedom struggle. This admission has come from a senior Government officer in response to an application by Delhi-based Dev Ashish Bhattacharya under the Right to Information Act.

Bhattacharya approached the Union Home Ministry with five questions in which he had sought information on what role Bose had in the freedom movement. The applicant had also sought information whether India maintains any protocol with regard to Bose and whether he fits somewhere in that protocol. “The information on points in your letter is not available in the records,” S K Malhotra, Deputy Secretary in the Home Ministry said in reply to Bhattacharya’s petition. “It was shocking for me to have this response,” Bhattacharya said.