Savarkar Had Called Netaji A Hindu Jihadi: Subhashini Ali
Subhashini Ali, daughter of Captain Lakshmi Sehgal of the INA, says that Bose was a staunch critic of the ‘Hindutva ideology’ File Photo outlookindia.com 2021-01-25T13:11:10+05:30
The political battle over the legacy of Subhash Chandra Bose seems to be hotting up as Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) sparring on the occasion of the iconic freedom fighter s 125th birth anniversary celebrations, which began last week.
Prime Minister Modi on Saturday paid tributes to Subhash Chandra Bose and said that January 23 will be celebrated as Parakram Diwas or ‘day of valour’. The central government has also set up a committee to plan year-long anniversary programs.
Updated Dec 28, 2020 | 22:14 IST
Mamata Banerjee will hold a roadshow in Bolpur on Tuesday, just days after Amit Shah s roadshow there. TMC tries to evoke the Tagore pride to corner BJP in consonance with their outsider narrative. Mamata s weapon to fight BJP is Tagore legacy
Key Highlights
Mamata all set to lead a roadshow in Tagore s Shantiniketan to reassert her outsider narrative against BJP
The chief minister was not invited at the Tagore s Visva-Bharati centenary celebrations
Mamata laments Visva-Bharati losing Tagore s ideals under BJP
Kolkata: In a major show of strength West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday will hold a roadshow in Birbhum, the very place where nine days ago Union Home Minister Amit Shah held his first roadshow in Bengal this election season.
BJP Is Everything Tagore Opposed : Students Protest Amit Shah s Visit to Visva-Bharati
Students burnt effigies of Shah, PM Modi and Visva-Bharati vice-chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty near the varsity central office.
Protests against Amit Shah s visit in Sonajhuri, Shantiniketan. Photo: Special arrangement
Reportage20/Dec/2020
Kolkata: On Sunday afternoon, Union home minister Amit Shah visited Rabindranath Tagoreâs adobe, Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan in Bolpur. However, students, locals and
bauls (folk singers from the region) registered their protest by raising black-coloured flags and placards.
One of the placards said, âOmit Shahâ, while another had a quote from the defiant writer, Nabarun Bhattacharaya, â
Ei Mrityu Upottoka Amar Desh Na (I refuse to call this valley of death my country)’.
BJP Is Always Uncomfortable With Tagore â PM Modi Quoting His Poems Won t Reverse This
But Modi s wanton quoting of Tagore strikes as too much of an attempt to woo Bengalis in election season, considering the overall unfamiliarity with Tagore and his verses, displayed by BJP leaders.
Rabindranath Tagore. In the foreground is Narendra Modi. Photos: Wikimedia Commons and Twitter
Politics16/Dec/2020
Kolkata: On December 1, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging that some words of National Anthem be replaced by the version of the âJana Gana Manaâ composed by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army.