In New Delhi [India], Union Home Minister Amit Shah paid tribute to Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his birth anniversary on Saturday. The minister said all Indians are indebted to Mookerjee for "his unique efforts for the integrity of the country".
"I remember and pay tribute to eminent nationalist thinker Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee on his birth anniversary. Whenever there is talk of fighting for the unity and integrity of the country, Dr. Mukherjee will definitely be remembered," Shah said in a post on x.
"Be it his fight to keep Bengal as a part of the country or his supreme sacrifice to keep Jammu and Kashmir as an integral part of India with the resolution of 'Ek Nishan, Ek Pradhan, Ek Vidhan', every Indian is indebted to him. For his unique efforts for the integrity of the country, Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, who provided an ideological alternative to the country by establishing the Jan Sangh, will always be a guide on the path of nation first.”
Meanwhile, Delhi BJP president Virendraa Sachdeva and other party leaders paid floral tribute to the Jana Sangh founder and planted a sapling at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Statue Park in New Delhi on Saturday.
Sachdeva told ANI: "Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee is an idea. The message he gave to the country was that a nation cannot have 'do nishaan', 'do vidhaan' and 'do pradhan'. His resolve was fulfilled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 5, 2019."
BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj told ANI that Mookerjee was a leader who sacrificed his life for India's integration.
"Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee is a leader who sacrificed his life for the integration of our country. He dreamed of a unified India... It is our luck that the BJP, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been able to deliver his dream."
Syama Prasad Mookerjee was the founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the ideological parent organization of the BJP. He also served as Minister of Industry and Supply in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet.
According to the official website of the BJP, on the issue of Delhi pact with Liaquat Ali Khan, Mookerjee resigned from the cabinet on April 6, 1950. Later, on October 21, 1951, Mookerjee founded Bharatiya Jana Sangh in Delhi and joined He became its first president. .
Mookerjee went to visit Kashmir in 1953 and was arrested on 11 May. He died in custody on June 23, 1953.
"I remember and pay tribute to eminent nationalist thinker Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee on his birth anniversary. Whenever there is talk of fighting for the unity and integrity of the country, Dr. Mukherjee will definitely be remembered," Shah said in a post on x.
"Be it his fight to keep Bengal as a part of the country or his supreme sacrifice to keep Jammu and Kashmir as an integral part of India with the resolution of 'Ek Nishan, Ek Pradhan, Ek Vidhan', every Indian is indebted to him. For his unique efforts for the integrity of the country, Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, who provided an ideological alternative to the country by establishing the Jan Sangh, will always be a guide on the path of nation first.”
Meanwhile, Delhi BJP president Virendraa Sachdeva and other party leaders paid floral tribute to the Jana Sangh founder and planted a sapling at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Statue Park in New Delhi on Saturday.
Sachdeva told ANI: "Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee is an idea. The message he gave to the country was that a nation cannot have 'do nishaan', 'do vidhaan' and 'do pradhan'. His resolve was fulfilled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 5, 2019."
BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj told ANI that Mookerjee was a leader who sacrificed his life for India's integration.
"Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee is a leader who sacrificed his life for the integration of our country. He dreamed of a unified India... It is our luck that the BJP, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been able to deliver his dream."
Syama Prasad Mookerjee was the founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the ideological parent organization of the BJP. He also served as Minister of Industry and Supply in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet.
According to the official website of the BJP, on the issue of Delhi pact with Liaquat Ali Khan, Mookerjee resigned from the cabinet on April 6, 1950. Later, on October 21, 1951, Mookerjee founded Bharatiya Jana Sangh in Delhi and joined He became its first president. .
Mookerjee went to visit Kashmir in 1953 and was arrested on 11 May. He died in custody on June 23, 1953.
