Was Bose a Mao supporter?

By NewsGram Staff Writer

Kolkata: Netaji Files revealed this Friday, turns a new page in the curious case of Bose. According to several intelligence agency inputs, the Files hint at Netaji's apparent refuge in China in 1949. Several questions are exploring the possibilities of Netaji's participation in the Chinese Liberation Movement against Kuomintang forces.

After Subhas's brother Sarat's return from Europe, intelligence agencies followed his development when he held meetings with Forward Bloc and Socialist Republican Party leaders. During one of these meetings with key party functionaries like Leela Roy, Satya Bakshi and the likes, Sarat announced the information that he had attained in Europe regarding Subhas Chandra Bose's participation in the Chinese Liberation Movement. He believed Netaji was alive and continued to be in China.

During a time when Sarat Bose was trying to bring Leftist parties together, including Forward Bloc and Socialist Republican Party, in search for a common formula to work unitedly against the Congress, a note dated January 26, 1949, an intelligence agency quoted Sarat Bose affirming Subhas Chandra Bose's contribution in the Communist Party's victory in China.

The intelligence agency inputs further attest that Sarat Bose was also trying to unite those who believed in Netaji's ideologies.