Netaji's daughter says she'll soon approach India, Japan for DNA test of ashes at Renkoji temple
The Hindu
Anita Bose Pfaff said resolving the mystery shrouding Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's life and bringing back the ashes to India would be a true tribute to the revolutionary as the country celebrates its 75th anniversary of Independence.
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's daughter Anita Bose Pfaff said she will soon approach the Indian and the Japanese governments for a DNA test of the ashes at Tokyo's Renkoji Temple.
In an interview to PTI, Ms. Pfaff said resolving the mystery shrouding Bose's life and bringing back the ashes to India would be a true tribute to the revolutionary as the country celebrates its 75th anniversary of Independence.
"I, as the daughter of Netaji, want this [mystery] to end in my lifetime. I would soon officially approach the Indian government with the request to conduct a DNA test. I will wait for some time for their response, if I get a response, it's good, and if I don't, I will get in touch with the Japanese government. If the government agrees or if they ask me to move forward and don't want to get involved, then I can take it forward," she said.
Ms. Pfaff, a German, said she had approached the Indian government for the DNA test when the Congress was in power but never got a reply.
"This time, I won't dillydally much longer. This COVID situation has already delayed the matter by two years. I would parallelly get in touch with the Japanese government. Initially, the Japanese government decided to keep the ashes as they thought they would be for a few months. But now it has been 77 years," she said in a telephonic interview from Germany.
"I don't want to name anyone. But for some people, it is true, saw a political campaign in Netaji's life and mystery for their political advantage. But, this is not a general attitude. A majority of the people still admire him and are not in politics," said Ms. Pfaff, an economist.
She said that the BJP-led government in India has been doing more in honouring the legacy of Bose. "But at the same time, I don't see a reason they should take the initiative without my pushing them," she said.
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