Subhash Chandra's Bose's grand nephew, Surya Bose, said his entire family was united in the demand for the declassification of all documents related to Netaji.
"I think as far as declassification is concerned, to the best of my knowledge, at the moment I think the whole family is united. But there are differences of opinion as far as the plane crash theory is concerned. But, the majority of the family as of now do not believe in it," Bose said in an exclusive interview to Smita Prakash, Editor, News, ANI.
"Because that is based on what is available in the public domain, what we have seen, what the three commissions of inquiries have produced and what we have heard from reliable source," he added.
Earlier, two recently declassified IB files had revealed that the former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru-led government had order surveillance on Netaji's kin between 1948 and 1968.
The files reveal that the IB had resumed British-era surveillance on the two Bose family homes in Calcutta at Woodburn Park and Elgin Road.
Meanwhile, Bose pointed out that Netaji had an eminent role to play in the Indian freedom struggle.
"Diplomatic missions and the government should no longer propagate untruth about the freedom struggle. It is not just Gandhi's non-violence, non-cooperation that brought India its freedom," he said.
"It was Subhash Bose and his INA that gave the final blow which sent the British packing and this has been admitted by Prime Minister Attlee, by Lord Mountbatten," Bose added.
