Kolkata: Bengal’s leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Friday, in a break from the past, skipped Red Road and instead went to Netaji Bhawan to pay tribute to Subhas Chandra Bose on his birth anniversary. Adhikari was shown around Netaji Bhavan by Netaji’s grandnephew Sugata Bose, historian and former Trinamool Lok Sabha MP.“I met Sugata Bose at Netaji’s residence. This was not a planned visit, but he was happy to receive us. Other family members showed us the entire residence of Netaji. Sugata Bose was very cordial and said choosing Netaji’s residence was the right choice,” Adhikari said. Sugata was also at the Red Road celebrations earlier.
Adhikari’s visit came days after another grandnephew and former BJP neta Chandra Kumar Bose slammed the ongoing SIR as “sheer harassment”. Chandra joined BJP in 2016 and was an active campaigner until he was sidelined. In 2023, he quit BJP. Chandra was also critical of BJP.Adhikari said his experience while paying tribute to Netaji on Red Road was not pleasant in the past. “PWD workers throw off the garlands unceremoniously. They do that to please the chief minister, who visits the statue at times. They even sanitised the area after our visit,” Adhikari said.On Friday, Adhikari took out a rally from Syama Prasad Mookherjee’s residence on Elgin Road to Netaji Bhavan.
