Netaji Subhas Bose’s charisma had attracted lakhs of young boys and girls to join the Azad Hind Fauz to fight against the British Government and the mystery of Netaji’s disappearance should be revealed by the Government, said Padmapur MlA Pradip Purohit at a seminar held at the Sailabala Women’s College here on Saturday.
The seminar on Netaji and Azad Hind Fauz was jointly organised by the Utkal Bikasha Juba Parisada and the Sailabala Women’s College. College Principal Sanjuklta Mohapatra inaugurated the seminar and spoke on Netaji's patriotism and heroic fight starting from his school days in Cuttack.MlA Purohit cited the example of 100-year-old INA Azad Hind Fauz soldier Saikh Ramzaan Quereshi of his Padmapur constituency who is alive and has two bullet injuries in his knees and said he has urged the Government to declassify all Netaji files so that the countrymen would know about the hero.The seminar, chaired by Parisad president Debiprasad Prusti, had guests like Prof Dr Netaji Abhinandan, Purnendu Mishra, Dr Soma Chand, Dr Sunamani Rout and Dr Prativa Khandayi