Source : INDIA TODAY NEWS
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s grandnephew Chandra Kumar Bose, who recently resigned from the Trinamool Congress after an earlier stint with the BJP, has announced plans to launch his own political outfit inspired by the recent Gen Z-led protests at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.
The move marks another turn in Bose’s political journey. He had joined the TMC ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections after quitting the BJP and describing his decision to join the saffron party as a “mistake”. He subsequently left the Mamata Banerjee-led party as well, citing personal reasons.
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Speaking to India Today, Bose said the proposed Azad Hind Party would be built around young people and follow what he described as Netaji’s inclusive and secular ideology.
“Nearly 80 years after Independence, the youth are once again stepping forward. We saw that spirit in the Jantar Mantar protests,” Bose said.
He alleged that widespread corruption in politics and institutions had left young Indians frustrated with the existing system.
“There’s rampant corruption across the country. All political parties are involved. In education, health infrastructure and industry, corruption has become a way of life,” he said.
Bose said young people were “fed up” with governments, the administration and other institutions and needed political space to fight for their rights.
“What could be better than fighting under the banner of Netaji’s Azad Hind Fauj, the Azad Hind Party?” he said.
FROM BJP TO TMC, AND NOW HIS OWN PARTY
Bose joined the BJP in 2016 and remained with the party for around seven years. He claimed he had been assured that an Azad Hind Morcha would be created within the BJP to promote Netaji’s ideology.
According to Bose, he was expected to lead the proposed platform and take its message across the country.
“I waited for seven years, patiently waited. But the Azad Hind Morcha was not formed,” he said.
“Why wasn’t it formed? Only the BJP leadership can answer that question. They had made a commitment. Otherwise, I would have never joined BJP,” Bose added.
After quitting the BJP, he joined the Trinamool Congress ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, saying the party had offered him another opportunity to work around Netaji’s political legacy.
“In April 2026, I was told that they believed in Netaji’s ideology and that I could work in the party and spread his ideology,” Bose said.
He later resigned from the TMC, citing personal reasons. Bose has also criticised what he described as “mundane, low-level politics” within mainstream parties.
‘PARTY OF THE YOUTH’
Bose said the Azad Hind Party would seek to bring together young people who identify with progressive, inclusive and secular politics.
“All progressive, inclusive, secular people, particularly the youth, I think, would support the Azad Hind Party,” he said.
He added that the outfit would seek to contribute to nation-building based on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s ideology.
For Bose, the recent Gen Z protests provided the immediate trigger for attempting to create an independent political platform after his stints with both the BJP and TMC.
Whether the Azad Hind Party can convert that youth discontent and the appeal of Netaji’s legacy into electoral support will be its first major test.
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SOURCE :- TIMES OF INDIA
