September 23, 2015
After Netaji files, WB Govt to digitise 1938-47 Cabinet files
After the Netaji files, West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday indicated that the Bengal government would make public next week the minutes of the cabinet meetings from 1938-47 — the crucial pre-Independence decade.
Ruing that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s contribution and legacy haven’t been assessed properly, Mamata Banerjee told the state assembly that the Centre should follow the state’s example and open up the files it has on the freedom fighter.
“We have declassified 64 Netaji files. The immense contribution of Netaji has not been evaluated properly. We feel that the Centre should follow us and declassify the files,” the Chief Minister said.
She added that her government would also digitise files of cabinet decisions taken by the British administration between 1937 and 1947.
Here’s what the Chief Minister tweeted:
We intend to place the Cabinet papers for the period 1938-1947 in the public domain on and from September 28, 2015
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) September 23, 2015
I hope this will throw new light over a crucial period of our pre-Independence era.
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) September 23, 2015
This is part of our continuous efforts towards greater transparency in governance and will help historians, researchers & the general public
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) September 23, 2015
