‘Two sides of same coin’: Netaji’s grandnephew quits TMC, takes swipe at BJP
Chandra Kumar Bose, the grandnephew of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, has resigned from the Trinamool Congress, citing disillusionment with mainstream political parties. He plans to mentor a new youth-led political platform focused on Netaji's ideals of secularism and inclusive nationalism.
Why it matters
The resignation highlights the ongoing political volatility in West Bengal and the struggle of independent-minded figures to find a home within established party structures.
NEW DELHI: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's grandnephew Chandra Kumar Bose on Monday resigned from the Trinamool Congress (TMC), saying he was "disillusioned" with mainstream political parties and saw "no difference" between the BJP and the Mamata Banerjee-led party.Bose, who joined the TMC barely four months ago ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections, said he would now mentor a proposed youth-led political platform based on the ideals of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose."I have been in the Forward Bloc, BJP and TMC. I am disillusioned with the mainstream political parties. They are all the same, just two sides of the same coin," Bose told PTI.He said the proposed platform would seek to offer an alternative to what he described as the politics of polarisation and confrontation."My politics is based on Netaji's ideology.
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