Netaji Files Cannot be Declassified - The Biggest Tamassha of Indian Politics
http://www.dailyo.in/opinion/dear-prime-minister-where-do-we-go-to-get-netaji-subhas-chandra-bose-files-declassified-buckingham-palace-mission-netaji-rti/story/1/2121.html In a latest RTI revelation obtained by IT professional Sreejith Panickar - part of group "Mission Netaji" comprising this writer and friends - the prime minister's office has made stunning revelations. One, the PMO says that Prime Minister Narendra Modi actually has no power to declassify secret Subhas Chandra Bose files. "There are no mentions in Manual of Office Procedure or Public Records Rules, 1997, regarding any discretionary power vested in PM to declassify records," the PMO says. This comes in response to Panickar's poser: "Does the prime minister have any prerogative to issue an order to declassify the files and send them to the National Archives?" Two, even as the PMO provides a list of 36 classified files concerning Netaji, it says it holds five more