In last-minute change, PM visits Netaji's Elgin Road residence


Kolkata, Jan 23 (IANS): Making a last minute change to its official schedule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Netaji's ancestral home at Elgin Road on Saturday.

After arriving at the airport at around 2.45 pm, PM Modi took a chopper and came to Race Couse ground. From there he directly came to Netaji Bhawan to pay tribute to Netaji on his 125th birth anniversary. From Elgin Road, the PM will reach National Library and then to Victoria Memorial, sources said.

Earlier in the day, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee paid a surprise visit to Netaji's paternal home and from there she headed out for a rally at Shyambazar to pay tribute to the revolutionary.

PM Modi, however, had a schedule to attend to two different programmes at National Library and Victoria Memorial on Saturday. But sources said that a visit to Netaji's Elgin Road residence was added to the itinerary at the eleventh hour.

A schedule released by the Peime Minister's Office (PMO) said that PM Modi will visit Netaji's residence with some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders from the Bengal unit. But Sugata Bose, the grandnephew of Netaji, reportedly refused to entertain any kind of political gathering at the residence.

Sugata Bose, who had been a Lok Sabha member from Jadavpur parliamentary seat on Trinamool Congress ticket, did not accept the decision of PM Modi coming to Netaji Bhawan with BJP leaders, sources said.

 

  

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  • Vish, Udupi

    Sat, Jan 23 2021

    Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose we’re sidelined by the Congress party just to ensure the image of the family leaders of Congress is not outshined by them. Now, with BJP giving utmost recognitions to these leaders which they truly deserve, it’s becoming hard for Congress to accept the fact.

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  • Veer, Nagpur

    Sat, Jan 23 2021

    This BJP govt’s PM Modi is very enthusiastic and prudent in celebrating and honouring its opponent’s anniversaries than its own. Like Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel a congressman and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose who formed Indian National Army. Both congress and Netaji fought against the britishers, shed blood and died but BJP’s ancestors and its then leaders fought along side britishers against India’s freedom fighters. What a fake and hypocrisy by this BJP govt. changing colours like chameleon for self serve interest for media campaign.

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