New Delhi [India], Several union ministers, along with current and former Members of Parliament, paid floral tributes to the late Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee at the Samvidhan Sadan Central Hall on his birth anniversary on Saturday.
Union ministers S Jaishankar, Kiren Rijiju and Arjun Ram Meghwal were among those who paid tribute to the Jana Sangh founder. Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman and Lok Sabha General Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh also paid floral tributes on this occasion.
The dignitaries attending the function were given a booklet containing the profile of Mookerjee, prepared by the Lok Sabha Secretariat in Hindi and English.
The portrait of Syama Prasad Mookerjee was unveiled by the then President of India, R. Venkataraman, on May 31, 1991, in recognition of his outstanding services to the nation.
Earlier in the day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah also paid tributes to Mookerjee. 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 publish in 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 the Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Statue Park in the national capital today.
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, in the wake of the Delhi pact with Liaquat Ali Khan, Mookerjee resigned from the cabinet on April 6, 1950. Later, on October 21, 1951, Mookerjee founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in Delhi and became its first president.
Mookerjee went to visit Kashmir in 1953 and was arrested on 11 May. He died there in custody on June 23, 1953.
Union ministers S Jaishankar, Kiren Rijiju and Arjun Ram Meghwal were among those who paid tribute to the Jana Sangh founder. Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman and Lok Sabha General Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh also paid floral tributes on this occasion.
The dignitaries attending the function were given a booklet containing the profile of Mookerjee, prepared by the Lok Sabha Secretariat in Hindi and English.
The portrait of Syama Prasad Mookerjee was unveiled by the then President of India, R. Venkataraman, on May 31, 1991, in recognition of his outstanding services to the nation.
Earlier in the day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah also paid tributes to Mookerjee. 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 publish in 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 the Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Statue Park in the national capital today.
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, in the wake of the Delhi pact with Liaquat Ali Khan, Mookerjee resigned from the cabinet on April 6, 1950. Later, on October 21, 1951, Mookerjee founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in Delhi and became its first president.
Mookerjee went to visit Kashmir in 1953 and was arrested on 11 May. He died there in custody on June 23, 1953.
