NEW DELHI: An 85-member panel headed by PM Narendra Modi has been formed to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, the government said on Saturday.
The members include 10 Union ministers and seven CMs who will decide on the activities to be undertaken for the year-long commemoration planned by the government.
Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nirmala Sitharaman are among those who are part of the panel. Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and her predecessor Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee both have found place in the panel.
With the Bengal polls around the corner, the panel has a host of BJP members and central ministers from the state as members. Suvendu Adhikari, who resigned from TMC to join BJP last month, has been included. Members also include historians, authors, citizens, and members of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s family.