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. advertisement 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’.