New Delhi: The Prime Minister’s Office on Friday sent first set of files related to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose to National Archives of India and has called the move to be a milestone. Principal Secretary to the PM, Nripendra Misra has handed over the first set of 33 PMO files related to Netaji to the Director General of National Archives of India for further processing, preservation and digitisation.
The Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of External Affairs are separately taking action for release of files under their custody, the PMO further informed.
In the month of October, PM Modi had accepted the long-pending demands of family members of Subhas Chandra Bose and announced that his government would declassifying secret files related to the great freedom fighter.
The Prime Minister had made the announcement after meeting family members of Netaji today at 7 RCR.
The demands for declassification of secret files have been growing lately, especially after the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal recently declassified 64 files which were in its possession.
