Netaji Dead or Alive - India's Biggest Cover Up Exposed

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God forbid this should be true!

An Indian Ambassador was allowed to meet Bose -- on the condition that he would not try to speak to him. When the Ambassador
wondered about what to do in case Bose wished to speak to him, "he was told that it has been taken care of," A rather ominous
bit of hospitality. -- Reported in Hindustan Times dated 4 March 2001.
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But when a well-known researcher contacted Mikhael Gorbachev, the former premier evaded a direct answer, and is alleged to have said it was up to both
governments (Russia and India) to solve the issue once and for all.
A former head of the Foreign Security Service (the old KGB) has indicated to a prominent researcher that files in Russian archives do contain detailed
information -- but the onus is on the Indian Government to show more interest.
Have you lately been tormented by the fate that befell Subhas Chandra Bose? Could you picture him as a captive in a Siberian
gulag, while he is presumed dead by fellow Indians? India's biggest nightmare involving the biggest names isn't over as yet. The
recent inquiry of Mukherjee Commission confirmed that the story of Netaji's death in a plane crash was a camouflage for his
escape to the Soviet Russia. And what was the Government's reaction to this finding of a reputed ex-judge of the Supreme Court
of India? Steeped in premeditated views, they summarily dismissed it. And not many voices were raised.
Doesn't this outrage you? Is this the way to handle the matter of the life and death of the man Gandhiji called 'Prince among
Patriots'? Is passage of time any excuse for condoning gross injustice? After what Subhas did for us, wouldn't we be displaying
ungratefulness taking things lying down?
Oh, don't you think this concerns Bose only. Modern India's longest running political controversy has had some terrible spillovers.
If a shiver hasn't gone down your spine already, see this old clipping:
[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sxAFaxfqEME/RiTWzriXYCI/AAAAAAAAAAk/OzHqinWAaMg/s1600-h/gandhi.jpg] Most of us do not have the guts
to accept it publicly, but scandalous rumours about Gandhiji, Pt Jawaharlal Nehru, President Radhakrishnan vis--vis Netaji
disappearance controversy and others are commonplace. Need another sample? Here's something from the Big Story above:
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been an ally of the British-Americans. Please take note of it and do what you consider proper and fit." Though this information was not challenged before
the Commission, Justice Khosla chose not to attach any importance to it. One wonders why.
The sacred memory of revered national icons must not be allowed to be tarnished by conspiracy theorists. So, let's set aside our
prejudices and invoke our national credo - Satyamev Jayate. Let's have the unadulterated truth, so that myths may be dispelled. A
group of regular guys have mounted a campaign to make the best of a now-or-never opportunity. Because letting it pass could
mean going along with the sin of leaving out in cold a man who fought for India.
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The need to know

On verification of the classified files (on Subhas Bose) held by PMO, it is held that their disclosure will prejudicially
affect relations with foreign countries - Sanjay Mitra, Joint Secretary to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to Anuj
Dhar of Mission Netaji in December 2006.
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Standing up for truth: (From left) Sayantan, Anuj & Chandrachur
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In June last year, when the Right to Information (RTI) had just begun to catch the fancy of the
nation, some guys in Delhi thought to try it out on old mystery surrounding the "death" of Netaji
Subhas Chandra Bose. The idea was both novel and bold -- because till now the RTI had mostly
been used by disgruntled employees or troubled citizens to redress personal issues. Not many
thought that the RTI could be utilised to seek concealed facts concerning events that shaped the
destiny of India.
Anuj Dhar, Chandrachur Ghose and Sayantan Dasgupta gave it a shot. And unlike most cases,
they engaged not some petty officials, but the Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of External Affairs,
Ministry of Home Affairs and even the elusive but know-all R&AW, India's premier external
intelligence agency. All this, without any assistance from any quarter.
However, the results have so far been shocking, to put it mildly. The Manmohan Singh
Government have shown suspicious reluctance in disclosing even the rudimentary records. Of
course they admit -- skeptics please note -- that they are maintaining secret records on Netaji. One
wonders why they would be doing so. But whatever it is, it's no indicator of any forlorn love for
Subhas Bose. The entire nation knows how Netaji's legacy was treated in free India. You don't
need the RTI to figure that out.
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Team MN with Netaji's daughter Dr Anita Pfaff
Come to think of it, the Government's refusal to disclose records pertaining to Subhas Bose relate
to transparency in governance. We need to know truth not because we now have a right to know,
but because we want to understand our present better in the light of recent past. If the system can
shut it self up over such a long-drawn, high-profile case, it may as well ignore many other vital
issues.
The establishment's retrogressive panache for secrecy, exemplified by the Subhas Bose case,
must end. Keeping things under wraps forever is not something that the mature democracies
indulge in. The Government of India should realize that this is 2007 and the people of India are
now mature enough to seek and accept truth. World over an era has long dawned that stipulates
that all information is to be made available to people unless there are strong reasons for
withholding it. One wonders what could be the reason in the instance of Subhas Bose, who the
Government holds to have died more than 60 years ago.

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Like sword of Damocles, CIC order hangs over MEA
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This won't wash: CIC has directed MEA to release correspondence with Russia over Netaji
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It is perhaps the most overlooked RTI related news of recent times. Your favourite newspaper did not tell you this, but last month
the Central Information Commission (CIC) directed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to release copies of their
correspondence with the Soviets/Russians over the disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. What is more significant, and
what could give the ministry the jitters, order by Information Commissioner Dr OP Kejariwal directs the Ministry to take up the
matter with the Russian Government if it fears that the disclosure would harm the formidable relations between the two nations.
Dr Kejariwal passed the order after hearing out MEA officials Ajai Choudhary, Additional Secretary, AK Nag, Joint Secretary, and
Anuj Dhar of Mission Netaji. Among other things, Dhar argued that in view of rampant scurrilous rumours
[http://justiceforsubhas.blogspot.com/2007/04/god-forbid-this-should-be-true-indian.html] linking all-time national greats like Pt Jawaharlal
Nehru and Dr S Radhakrishnan to the Bose mystery, it would be in supreme national interest that the Ministry discloses all its
records about the matter. "Not declassifying them will only aggravate such rumours," Dhar said during the hearing.
The Ministry officials had no logic to offer when they denied to Dhar the following pieces of information:
(a) Unambiguous information whether the issue of Netaji's fate or his alleged stay in the USSR was ever taken up by the MEA with
the Soviets/Russians at a higher (say ministerial) level or; whether some enquiries into such a matter of national importance were
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In an evidently panic reaction, the Ministry refused to oblige, and stated:
(a) The information sought does not constitute an "information" as defined in the RTI Act, 2005 as it seeks anecdotal reply.
(b) The requisite copies of correspondence cannot be disclosed as it involves relations with a foreign state and is exempt as per
the provisions of clause 8(10) (a)(i).
Dr Kejariwal, former Director of Nehru Memorial Museum & Library and a reputed historian, rejected the Ministry's take at the
hearing, which took place on 23 March 2007. "The Commission also saw the Respondents' reply ... where ... it also said that the
information was not being disclosed as it did not fall under the category of 'information' as defined in the RTI Act as it seeks
'anecdotal' reply. The Commission could not see the applicability of this answer at all in the present case."
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Anuj Dhar: Will he get the correspondence?
------------------------------------------Dr Kejariwal then outlined his order in 3 parts:

1. The MEA will have its correspondence with USSR and Russia over Netaji's disappearance examined "by their own expert/s and
if need be, by an outside expert who they can rely on and then take a firm decision".
2. In case they come to the conclusion that the disclosure of papers won't affect relations between India and Russia, the
correspondence will have to be disclosed.
3. If the conclusion drawn is that the relations between India and Russia would be harmed upon disclosure of this information, the
Commission would like the issue to be settled only after: i) a reference has been made to the Government of Russia; ii) the
papers are shown to the Commission, which would examine the bona fide of the refusal to disclose the information.
The Ministry is to provide an answer latest by 30 June 2007. The following possibilities are likely:
1. MEA will stand by its decision to not to disclose the papers.
-- In this situation, the matter will most likely head to the court. Either the Ministry, or the CIC or Dhar, depending on the support
Mission Netaji gets from people, will make the first move.
2. MEA may disclose the papers in part, given that they appear to be in tune with official Government line.
-- Mission Netaji's information is that the Ministry never tried too hard to ascertain facts from the Russians, and the Russians didn't
seem to have given convincing answers. No nation in the world, least of all a former superpower, will give away its secrets upon
receipt of note verbales (informal, unsigned third person notes). When you want something big, you have got to try hard - at the
higher level. Like Foreign Minister of India beseechingly writing to his Soviet counterpart.
-- However, disclosure of even the incomplete correspondence will help in better understanding of the Bose case. The documents
may underline the disinterested approach of the Government.
Keep your fingers crossed guys, and keep pouring in your views.

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stance on the Indian National Army (INA) men facing trial. Things appeared to have come a full circle. From assailing Subhas
Bose, the Congress leaders had come around to hailing the INA men, including nanaji (grandfather) of cine star Shah Rukh Khan.
Wavell came to know why, courtesy the Military Intelligence (MI).
The dope came from a "loyal" British Indian Army Captain who first joined the INA, switched sides after the war and gave evidence
against the INA men. This mole told MI that Congress's change of heart had to do with "political expediency" rather than any love
for their ousted former president or the people who fought under his command. He sourced the information to a leading Congress
Working Committee member and a well-known Jawaharlal Nehru acolyte.
Before taking a stand on the INA issue, Congress sent the CWC leader on a recce mission to gauge public feeling. He traveled
across India to discover that people were overwhelmingly in support of the INA. "This inflamed feeling forced Congress to take the
line it did," the mole revealed to MI.
In his free-wheeling talks with the mole, the CWC member blurted out that "Congress leaders had realised that those who joined
the INA were far from innocents", adding that Nehru made it a point to refer to them as "misguided men"' in his speeches. He in
fact felt that as and when Congress came to power, they "would have no hesitation in removing all INA from the Services and even
in putting some of them on trial". The mole asked the CWC member why couldn't the Congress "repudiate their championship of
the INA" when they knew "the true facts"? To this, he replied that "they dare not take this line as they would lose much ground in
the country".
The mole had a whale of time in free India and retired as a general. The CWC member has a road a named after him in the
Capital. As for the INA veterans, except for the turncoats, most of them never admitted into free India's armed forces and were
treated like they were "stray dogs", as one veteran said.

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Netaji groups call for proper evaluation of freedom fighters
Peeved by the disclosure that the Government has no record of Subhas Chandra Bose's contribution to the freedom struggle, two
Kolkata-based organizations have deplored that the "role played by the revolutionaries is not evaluated by the state".
Netaji Study Centre & Jayasree Foundation remarked: "We are stunned to learn that there is no document on Netaji Subhas
Chandra Bose and our freedom movement in the Home (Political) Department, Government of India. Is it not an open conspiracy
against the freedom fighters who sacrificed at the altar of Bharatmata?"
"We are also amazed at the attempt to highlight the role only one family to attain freedom," they added.
The groups have demanded that "a National Movement should immediately be started to raise the issue nationwide. All
documents on Netaji and other freedom fighters should be properly maintained and made available for the public especially the
researchers. The design to ignore Netaji and other revolutionaries should immediately be crushed".
The groups will raise this and related issues at a public meeting to be organized on May 26, 5.30 pm, at Sarat Smriti Sadan,
Triangular Park, Rashbehari Avenue, Kolkata on the occasion of 106th Birth Anniversary of revolutionary and Netaji's associate
Anil Roy.

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A brief history of governmental flip-flop on Netaji mystery
A brief history of governmental flip-flop on Netaji mystery
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Mum's the word! Even though he admires Netaji, Dr Manmohan Singh has not spoken out why his Government rejected Mukherjee Commission
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24 April 2007
By Anuj Dhar & Paramjit Singh Maan
The year 1997 was a watershed for Netaji mystery. The Calcutta High Court was approached by lawyer Rudra Jyoti
Bhattacharjee, who wanted the Government to take some actions over the Subhas Bose death case. While the court heard
arguments and counterarguments, it came to know what exactly the Central Government thought of the matter: "The Government
of India has maintained and is maintaining even now that a further probe is required and the information that Netaji died in the
plane crash on August 18, 1945 is full of loopholes, contradictions and therefore inconclusive."
With that background in mind, Chief Justice Prabha Shankar Mishra ordered the Central Government on 30 April 1998 that it
should "launch a vigorous enquiry in accordance with law by appointing, if necessary, a Commission of Inquiry as a special case
for the purpose of giving an end to the controversy".
After an year of deliberations, in which the then Home Minister LK Advani, Home Secretary Kamal Pande, Principal Secretary to
the Prime Minister Brajesh Mishra, Attorney General Soli Sorabjee took a leading part, the Government agreed and notified that
"Central Government is of the opinion that it is necessary to appoint a Commission of Inquiry for the purpose of making an
in-depth inquiry into a definitive matter of public importance". It also underlined that "there is widespread feeling among the public
that the issue of finding the truth about Netaji still remains".
That same notification dated 14 April 1999 assigned the following points of inquiry to the Commission headed by Justice MK
Mukherjee, a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India: (a)whether Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is dead or alive; (b) if he is
dead, whether he died in the plane crash, as alleged; (c) whether the ashes in the Japanese temple are ashes of
Netaji; (d)whether he has died in any other manner at any other place and, if so, when and how; (e) if he is alive, in respect of his
whereabouts.
Even a casual look at the above would convince any reasonable person that the Government in 1999 had no clue about Netaji's
fate. And nor were they in a position to confirm whether or not the ashes in Tokyo were of Netaji's. Or else, there was no need to
put all these queries to the Commission.
Quite naturally, the Government did not make a case of its own before Mukherjee Commission as the inquiry proceeded. Soon,
evidence contrary to the air crash theory emerged and, as a result, in February 2005 the Government's counsel had to argue
against the Taipei crash theory during the argument session. So much so, the counsel gave the Government of India the credit for
helping confirm the information, originally obtained by yours truly, from Taiwan Government that no plane carrying Bose had ever
crashed in Taipei.
Then twist in the tale came. Justice Mukherjee submitted his report to Home Minister in November 2005, concluding that there
was no air crash, Netaji flew towards the USSR and the ashes kept in the Renkoji Temple were of a Japanese solider. Logically
speaking, this vindicated the stand taken by three successive Governments, viz, United Front, NDA and the Congress, which was
firmly in the saddle when the Government counsel made the above submissions. So, don't you think that there was some sort of
partisan politics during the Vajpayee era. The BJP seems to be in unison with the Congress over the Subhas Bose death case.
That's why you haven't heard anything on this matter from their senior leaders, with the notable exception of Dr Murli Manohar
Joshi.
Coming back to the moot point, the Government took more than 7 months to study the report and did a somersault. They rejected
the main finding in a single line and, in a way, asserted that Netaji had died following an air crash in Taipei, and the ashes in
Renkoji temple were indeed his. The nation was not told what new information had come their way in those months warranting
them to change their-long standing stance supported by the finding of a commission of inquiry appointed by them following a court
order.
Lawyers can tell better, but I should think that the Government's action is legally untenable and it would be a travesty of justice to
let it prevail.
Anuj Dhar is the author of Back from Dead: Inside the Subhas Bose Mystery [http://www.missionnetaji.org/page/back_from_dead.html]

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The man who put MHA in a spot.
The man who put MHA in a spot

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Let's start with a little quiz. Which one of the following do you think would be best suited to inquire into Netaji reported death?
1. A Congress MP; 2. A friend of Pt Nehru's, and a biographer of Indira Gandhi to boot; 3. A Supreme Court of India judge.
Unless you are one of those khandani Congress backers, chances are you will without hesitation pick option 3. But our honourable
Home Minister has gone for 2. With apologies to Shivraj Patil, this is the dumbed down, lay man's version of the reason why his
Ministry rejected Mukherjee Commission's report while favouring that of GD Khosla, a great writer but a lousy investigator of the
case.
Coming to the point, Mission Netaji wanted to figure out how did the redoubtable Gopal Das Khosla and Shah Nawaz Khan,
elevated to ministerial office after giving his report, reached conclusions that Netaji had died in an air crash in Taipei without
checking up with the Taiwan Government. So, Sayantan Dasgupta filed a petition under the Right to Information Act, seeking
copies of all documents exhibited by the first two panels. He was promptly denied the records under 8 1(a) of the RTI Act. By that
the Home Ministry meant that the disclosure would have prejudicially affected sovereignty and integrity of India, relation with
foreign states and even lead to incitement of offence.
After this point-blank refusal, Dasgupta lodged a complaint with the Central Information Commission (CIC). In the first hearing
before the CIC in October last year, the Ministry officials said they were not even aware of the exhibits, as unlike the Mukherjee
report the earlier reports had not appended any lists of the exhibits. Very suspicious this was, and it bespoke of the bona fides of
the gentlemen named above. Information Commissioner AN Tiwari then directed Dasgupta to ask for specific documents.
Abracadabra! Dasgupta furnished a copy of a classified list of 202 documents used as exhibits by the Khosla Commission in the
argument session. (Click here to download your copy [http://www.missionnetaji.org/files/Exhibits_before_Khosla_Commission.pdf] .)
In the next hearing the Home Ministry officials were supposed to come up with these 202 documents, but they came with excuses.
"Where did you get this list from?" they asked Sayantan and Anuj, who, in a role reversal, denied the "information" to them.
By this time Commissioner Tiwari, a retired Secretary himself, had understood the gist of the matter. Berating the officials, he
directed them to "sensitise" the Home Secretary about the matter and take it to the level of Prime Minister. The Commissioner
gave the reasoning: "I am surprised that the Government of India is keeping documents on the death of such an illustrious son of
India secret! Records on someone's death should not be kept classified for decades Why don't you release all the files to
National Archives and let researchers draw conclusions?" The Ministry was given a good three months to furnish full details about
the papers. But when they returned on 26 March 2007, the officials were armed merely with a secret letter from Home Secretary
VK Duggal (since retired). The letter stated that papers relating to Netaji's death could not disclosed for fear of causing unrest in
the country, specially in Bengal. (The lead story in Bengali newspaperBartaman below captured the point. You may also
see the Hindu story [http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200704021921.htm] .)
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Obviously for Commissioner Tiwari it was nonsensical, yet again. Giving "a final chance" to the Ministry, he told the officials that
"this chapter of secrecy over Netaji-related documents will have to end." Tiwari told Sayantan (accompanied by Chandrachur this
time) that he is taking the matter to the full bench of the CIC headed by Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah.
We foresee the following scenario in coming days:
* A full bench hearing may cause discomfort to the Government as the last thing they want is a controversy about this old djinn
they think they have firmly put back in the bottle. Contrary to what most people think, the mention of Subhas Bose death issue
increases heart beats on the Raisina Hill. For reasons unknown, almost everyone has made up their mind that there is something
horrendous in it. Try it yourself, and you will know.
* The CIC, in all likelihood, would order the Ministry to disclose the records.
* The Ministry will never disclose more relevant records. That is, they may show some "harmless" records but the question of
releasing sensitive ones doesn't arise.
* If pushed to the wall, the Ministry will move to Delhi High Court. They may even take a stay order even before the hearing takes
place.
* Chances are that the CIC will take on
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This won't wash: CIC has directed MEA to release correspondence with Russia over Netaji
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It is perhaps the most overlooked RTI related news of recent times. Your favourite newspaper did not tell you this, but last month
the Central Information Commission (CIC) directed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to release copies of their
correspondence with the Soviets/Russians over the disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. What is more significant, and
what could give the ministry the jitters, order by Information Commissioner Dr OP Kejariwal directs the Ministry to take up the
matter with the Russian Government if it fears that the disclosure would harm the formidable relations between the two nations.
Dr Kejariwal passed the order after hearing out MEA officials Ajai Choudhary, Additional Secretary, AK Nag, Joint Secretary, and
Anuj Dhar of Mission Netaji. Among other things, Dhar argued that in view of rampant scurrilous rumours
[http://justiceforsubhas.blogspot.com/2007/04/god-forbid-this-should-be-true-indian.html] linking all-time national greats like Pt Jawaharlal
Nehru and Dr S Radhakrishnan to the Bose mystery, it would be in supreme national interest that the Ministry discloses all its
records about the matter. "Not declassifying them will only aggravate such rumours," Dhar said during the hearing.
The Ministry officials had no logic to offer when they denied to Dhar the following pieces of information:
(a) Unambiguous information whether the issue of Netaji's fate or his alleged stay in the USSR was ever taken up by the MEA with
the Soviets/Russians at a higher (say ministerial) level or; whether some enquiries into such a matter of national importance were
made through mere note verbales, and;
(b) Certified copies of the complete correspondence in toto, covering what was asked, replies from the USSR/Russian Federation
and MEA's reaction on record thereof.
In an evidently panic reaction, the Ministry refused to oblige, and stated:
(a) The information sought does not constitute an "information" as defined in the RTI Act, 2005 as it seeks anecdotal reply.
(b) The requisite copies of correspondence cannot be disclosed as it involves relations with a foreign state and is exempt as per
the provisions of clause 8(10) (a)(i).
Dr Kejariwal, former Director of Nehru Memorial Museum & Library and a reputed historian, rejected the Ministry's take at the
hearing, which took place on 23 March 2007. "The Commission also saw the Respondents' reply ... where ... it also said that the
information was not being disclosed as it did not fall under the category of 'information' as defined in the RTI Act as it seeks
'anecdotal' reply. The Commission could not see the applicability of this answer at all in the present case."
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Anuj Dhar: Will he get the correspondence?
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1. The MEA will have its correspondence with USSR and Russia over Netaji's disappearance examined "by their own expert/s and
if need be, by an outside expert who they can rely on and then take a firm decision".
2. In case they come to the conclusion that the disclosure of papers won't affect relations between India and Russia, the
correspondence will have to be disclosed.
3. If the conclusion drawn is that the relations between India and Russia would be harmed upon disclosure of this information, the
Commission would like the issue to be settled only after: i) a reference has been made to the Government of Russia; ii) the
papers are shown to the Commission, which would examine the bona fide of the refusal to disclose the information.
The Ministry is to provide an answer latest by 30 June 2007. The following possibilities are likely:
1. MEA will stand by its decision to not to disclose the papers.
-- In this situation, the matter will most likely head to the court. Either the Ministry, or the CIC or Dhar, depending on the support
Mission Netaji gets from people, will make the first move.
2. MEA may disclose the papers in part, given that they appear to be in tune with official Government line.
-- Mission Netaji's information is that the Ministry never tried too hard to ascertain facts from the Russians, and the Russians didn't
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Destroyed Netaji file: PMO asked to respond in 15 days. India's

biggest cover up Exposed
Destroyed Netaji file: PMO asked to respond in 15

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CIC Wajahat Habibullah also calls a hearing in August
Something suspicious happened in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in 1972, when GD Khosla
Commission was inquiring into Subhas Chandra Bose's reported death. As a former Minister was
to put it years later -- "Nehru's file on Netaji was destroyed on orders of PN Haksar, the Secretary
to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi".
Cut to our times. In 2000, Mukherjee Commission asked the PMO to produce file 12(226)/56-PM
titled "Investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of Subhas Chandra Bose". The
Commission was told by Director of the PMO that "the above file was not available as it had been
destroyed". The Commission thereafter asked the Director "to intimate to the Commission the
subject and contents of the above file and the circumstances under which the said file had been
destroyed".
The PMO replied: "File No 12(226)/56-PM which contained agenda paper/cabinet decision
regarding "Investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of Shri Subhas Chandra Bose"
was destroyed in 1972 in the course of routine review/weeding of old records since records of
Cabinet proceedings are kept permanently in Cabinet Secretariat, from where they may be
procured".
In 2006 Mission Netaji picked up threads, and Anuj Dhar requested the Cabinet Secretariat to
furnish copies of "all papers concerning the destruction" of this file. However, notwithstanding the
above assertion made by the PMO Director that "records of Cabinet proceedings are kept
permanently in Cabinet Secretariat", the Secretariat passed the buck saying the matter "pertains to
Prime Minister's Office".
The PMO, in turn, informed Dhar that the file "was destroyed in 1972, during routine process of
review/weeding of old records." Dissatisfied, Dhar reported the following to Central Information
Commission (CIC).
* The application seeking "certified copies of all papers concerning the destruction of file" has not
been not answered. Rather than giving details/copies of the such papers, the PMO 's letter merely
reiterates what was stated in the application itself.
* The application was filed to understand the circumstances in which a sensitive PMO file dealing
with the highly controversial fate of a national hero was destroyed at a time when a judicial inquiry
into the matter was on. It is very suspicious that the "routine process of review/weeding of old
records" overlooked this and the file was destroyed along with some useless records.
Commonsense dictates that such a historically important record should have been preserved for
posterity and transferred to National Archives in due course. Therefore Cabinet Secretariat and
PMO should release detailed information and papers on the process of the destruction of the file.
Taking cognizance of the issue, Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah has now
directed PMO officials to "appear before the Central Information Commission in the Court Room of
the Commission with relevant documents on August 10, 2007".
The PMO has also been directed to offer their comments on the appeal within 15 days.
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Netaji report: Court gives Government more time

Centre fighting shy of filing affidavit in opposition
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Won't take it lying down: Rudra Jyoti Bhattacharjee
Chief Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar and Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose of the Calcutta High Court today gave the Union
Government two more weeks to file their response over their rejection of Mukherjee Commission report.
A Writ petition was filed early this year by lawyer Rudra Jyoti Bhattacharjee and eight others before the Court. The petitioners
named the Principal Secretary (Prime Minister's Office), the Secretary (Ministry of Home Affairs) and Justice Manoj Kumar
Mukherjee (retired judge of the Supreme Court of India) as respondents.
For those who are wondering what's all this -- in May last year the Government had made public the report of Justice MK
Mukherjee. Attested to it was one-page Action Taken Report prepared by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) saying that "the
Government have examined the Report submitted by the Commission on 8th November, 2005 in detail and have not agreed with
the finding that - (a) Netaji did not die in the plane crash; and (b) The ashes in the Renkoji Temple were not of Netaji." (Meaning
thereby that he did die in the air crash, as Pandit Nehru would say, and the ashes are his).
Since the Commission was set up on an order of the Calcutta High Court, it was but natural that the same court be approached
again. So the man who had originally moved the Court, did it again. Lawayer Rudra Jyoti Bhattacharjee pleaded before the Court
to set aside the Action Taken Report for it was "totally unacceptable according to settled principle of law".
Rudra and co-petitions, all of whom have been supporting Mission Netaji, stated in the petition that "unless an Order setting aside
the impugned Action Taken Report is passed the nation shall be deprived of exact information regarding mysterious
disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, which is admittedly a definite matter of public importance".
When the case was admitted in February, the Government counsel remarked that the Centre had incurred "unnecessary
expenditure" on Mukherjee Commission. This angered the Acting Chief Justice B Bhattacharya, who retorted that the Government
should have objected when the Court had issued order for the formation of the Commission in 1998.
Justice Bhattacharya gave the Central Government a period of 6 weeks to file their response explaining why they rejected Justice
Mukherjee's report. However no response was filed by the Government. Then, the new Chief Justice gave the Government further
time, but still no answer came. Same story was repeated today.

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