Amid a row over snooping on close relatives of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, his nephew Ardhendu Bose on Monday alleged that the Nehru-Gandhi family has tried to erase the nationalist leader’s legacy.

Ardhendu, a former Bombay Dyeing model, is the son of Sailesh Chandra, Netaji’s younger brother. The 60-year-old is a leather technologist who also owns a leather business.

Asked if his late father was aware that he was being snooped upon, Ardhendu said: “Yes. He told me so.”

“The suspicion was there. When the snooping and phone tapping was going on, they (my family members) knew they were being snooped, watched at,” he said.

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