Prime Minister Modi and BJP Leaders Honor Syama Prasad Mookerjee on His Death Anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with top BJP leaders, paid tribute to Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his death anniversary. PM Modi called Mookerjee a great son of the country, an eminent thinker, and educationist.

Syama Prasad Mookerjee was the founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the ideological parent organization of the BJP. In a post on X, PM Modi wrote, “Respectful tributes to the great son of the country, eminent thinker and educationist Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his martyrdom day. He dedicated his life in the service of Mother India. His dynamic personality will continue to inspire every generation of the country.”

Home Minister Amit Shah also remembered Mookerjee on his martyrdom day, saying, “Tribute to Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his martyrdom day, who fought all his life for the unity, integrity, and self-respect of the country.” Shah highlighted Mookerjee’s role in integrating Jammu and Kashmir with India and his contributions to the Constituent Assembly.

BJP President JP Nadda paid floral tributes to Mookerjee at BJP headquarters in Delhi and distributed plant saplings among party workers. Nadda said, “I pay my heartfelt tributes to the founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh, architect of cultural nationalism and national unity, eminent thinker and educationist, revered Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his martyrdom day.”

Mookerjee also served as the Minister for Industry and Supply in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s cabinet. He resigned from the Cabinet in 1950 over the Delhi pact with Liaquat Ali Khan and founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1951. Mookerjee was arrested during a visit to Kashmir in 1953 and died under detention on June 23, 1953.