After the declassification of Netaji files, the West Bengal government is planning to make public the minutes of the cabinet meetings from 1937-47 — the crucial pre-Independence decade, when two iconic Bengali politicians Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Huq and Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy were elected chief ministers of Bengal province respectively, next week.
Sher-e-Bangla's Krishak Praja Party (KPP) formed the provincial government of Bengal in alliance with Muslim League in 1937 and he became the chief minister. Suhrawardy established and headed a Muslim League government in Bengal 1946. It was the only Muslim League government in India at that time.
While speaking at the state assembly, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asserted that this move is crucial to properly evaluate Netaji's contribution to the independence of the Indian sub-continent from British rule, Times of India reported.
She also said her government would also digitise files of cabinet decisions taken by the British administration between 1937 and 1947. Sources said this could be done as early as next Monday.
