US EditionNetaji's Grandnephew Joins TMC Ahead of Bengal Elections, Hits Out at BJP for ‘Divisive Politics and Communal Hatred’
He cited ideological differences and accused the BJP of divisive politics after leaving the party in 2023.
- On Sunday, Chandra Kumar Bose, grandnephew of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, joined the Trinamool Congress in the presence of state minister Bratya Basu and TMC MP Kirti Azad.
- Bose quit the Bharatiya Janata Party in September 2023, ending his nine years of association with the party, citing ideological differences and a widening gap with party leadership.
- Accusing the party of bringing religion into politics, Bose slammed the BJP for "dividing communities for vote bank politics," a policy he said was vehemently opposed by his granduncle, Netaji.
- The move comes days before the two-phase West Bengal Assembly elections on April 23 and April 29, where voters will decide the 294-member legislature following the TMC's 2021 landslide victory with 213 seats.
- Expressing confidence in a TMC victory, Bose stated, "Mamata Banerjee would be victorious," despite having lost as a BJP candidate in the 2016 and 2019 elections.
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Netaji's grandnephew joins TMC ahead of Bengal elections, hits out at BJP for ‘divisive politics and communal hatred’
Chandra Bose, grandnephew of Subhas Chandra Bose, joined Trinamool Congress before West Bengal assembly elections, slamming BJP for 'divisive politics'. He resigned from BJP in September 2023, calling his decision to join the party a ‘historic blunder’.
Netaji's great-grandson Chandra Kumar Bose joins TMC, quits BJP, accuses party of 'divisive politics'
Chandra Kumar Bose, the grandnephew of freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, has joined the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) ahead of the crucial West Bengal Assembly elections. Bose had left BJP in September 2023 after a growing sense of ideological discord. Chandra Bose hits out at BJP's divisive politics During his induction into the TMC, Chandra Kumar Bose launched a sharp attack on the BJP, accusing the party of undermining the ide…
Ahead of Bengal polls, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's grandnephew joins TMC
The TMC has consistently invoked the legacy of Subhas Chandra Bose as part of its political messaging in West Bengal, positioning him as a symbol of Bengali pride, nationalism and anti-colonial resistance.
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