'Delhi Chalo' to highlight Netaji's disappearance

SHILLONG: Fifteen people from the northeast will launch a 'Delhi Chalo' march from August 25 to demand tabling in Parliament the Mukherjee commission report on the disappearance of the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

The 15 persons, under the banner of Azad Hind Volunteers, will embark on the journey in a 'rath' from Moirang in Manipur. The march will cover eight states and will organise meetings in over 50 places before handing over the memorandum to President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee.

The 'Delhi Chalo' will highlight the factual position with documentary evidence regarding the "national and international conspiracy" against Netaji and his disappearance, Azad Hind volunteers said.

"By not tabling the Mukherjee commission report in Parliament, the government is depriving the people of knowing the truth," Naba Bhattacharjee, one of the volunteers said.

"The commission has pointed that the Taiwan authorities confirmed that there was no air crash on August 18, 1945 nor were any such incidents eight months prior or after the date. The DNA tests also said the ashes kept in Japan did not match that of Netaji," Bhattacharjee claimed.

The march will commence in Delhi on October 21.