57-year-old Bose, a Harvard University professor, is the Trinamool Congress candidate for Jadavpur Lok Sabha seat. He is the grand nephew of Netaji, the founder of the Indian National Army (INA).
In his maiden poll contest, Sugata Bose is pitted against painter Samir Aich of Congress and seasoned CPI(M) leader Sujan Chakraborty.
Sugata Bose's mother, three-time MP Krishna Bose, had fought on a TMC ticket from this seat in 2004, but had lost to CPI(M)'s Chakraborty. This time, as he campaigns for votes here, Sugata Bose is counting on his mother's links with the constituency to fight the 'outsider' tag.
CPI(M)'s Chakraborty claims that the Harvard professor does not even stay long enough in India to understand the ground realities.
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But besides his political opponents, another concern for Bose is campaigning by a large number of his own family members for the Left candidate.
"He (Sugata Bose) has told us that declassification is a non-issue. He has betrayed us and (Netaji) Bose's legacy and so we are asking people not to vote for him," says Chandra Bose, another grand-nephew of the freedom fighter.
Some members of Netaji's family have also complained against Sugata Bose to Election Commission for "misusing" the name of the freedom fighter for political gains.
In a letter to the poll watchdog, they said that Sugata Bose has been conducting his campaign accompanied by a child wearing spectacles and uniform like Subhas Chandra Bose.