TMC welcomes Centre's decision to erect Netaji's statue but...
January 21, 2022  16:39
An artist's impression of the Netaji statue
An artist's impression of the Netaji statue
Trinamool Congress on Friday welcomed Centre's decision to install a statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate in the national capital.

However, the TMC asserted that it was aimed at countering criticism after the rejection of West Bengal's tableau themed on the nationalist leader for the Republic Day parade snowballed into a major row. 

 The real tribute would be have been paid had the Centre taken steps to unearth the mystery shrouding Netaji's disappearance, TMC said. 

 "As the rejection of West Bengal's tableau on Netaji has created a major controversy, the Centre is trying to divert attention. The decision to install the statue of Netaji is only aimed in that direction. But we welcome the decision. At the same time, we feel that the real tribute would have been paid had the government taken steps to unearth the mystery shrouding his disappearance," TMC state general secretary Kunal Ghosh said. 

 Echoing him, party MP Sougata Roy said after the rejection of the tableau on Netaji BJP's claim of respecting icons of the nation stood exposed. 

 "We welcome the decision. But we feel there is no harm in allowing Netaji's tableau by the West Bengal government at the Republic Day parade. It was rejected due to narrow-minded politics. Now, as the BJP and its theatrics on the icons of our country has been exposed, it decided to install the statue," Roy said. 

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday announced that a grand statue of the freedom fighter will be installed at India Gate as a symbol of the country's "indebtedness" to him . 

 Till the granite statue is completed, a hologram statue would be put up at the same place, Modi said. The prime minister said that he will himself unveil the hologram statue on January 23, the 125th birth anniversary of the nationalist leader.
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