Prime Minister Office's refusal to share details of three classified files related to widow and daughter of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose had its echo in Rajya Sabha with a member asking about the "exact nature of threat" from the disclosure on Friday.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour, TMC leader Kunal Ghosh said the Prime Minister's Office has recently refused to share details of three files related to widow and daughter of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose to an applicant Chandrachur Ghose under the RTI Act of 2005.
He said the PMO refused the request to share file numbers 2/67/56-71 (volume I), 2/67/56-71 (volume II) and, 2/67/78 on the ground that this would prejudicially affect relation with foreign countries and also the sovereignty and integrity of India.
"Could the honourable Prime Minister and Home Minister kindly inform the House as to the exact nature of the threat to our sovereignty, national integrity and relationship with foreign countries that the government is apprehensive of on account of information on a national hero...," he asked.
Ghosh noted that the PMO had earlier submitted to the Central Information Commission that it holds 33 classified files including these three.
"Even earlier, in 2007, despite an order of the CIC, the Ministry of Home Affairs refused to disclose all documents pertaining to the Shah Nawaz Committee (1956), and the GD Khosla Commission (1970-74), which investigated the mysterious disappearance of Netaji on the ground that it would lead to "serious law and order problem in the country, especially in West Bengal," the TMC member said.
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