Modi pays tribute to Syama Prasad Mookerjee
Friday - July 6, 2018 10:04 am ,
Category : INDIA
Modi pays tribute to Syama Prasad Mookerjee
New Delhi July 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid his tribute to Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder and former parliamentarian Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his birth anniversary.
"On his Jayanti I bow to Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee. Dr Mookerjee is remembered as a fine educationist a wonderful administrator and a stalwart who fought for India s freedom as well as unity " Modi tweeted.
Modi also shared a picture of Mookerjee with Babasaheb Ambedkar and said they were ministerial colleagues who had "futuristic vision for India s growth".
Mookerjee was also a barrister and academician. He served as Minister for Industry and Supply in the first cabinet post-Independence.
He founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1951 which later became the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1980.
--IANS rak/in
"On his Jayanti I bow to Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee. Dr Mookerjee is remembered as a fine educationist a wonderful administrator and a stalwart who fought for India s freedom as well as unity " Modi tweeted.
Modi also shared a picture of Mookerjee with Babasaheb Ambedkar and said they were ministerial colleagues who had "futuristic vision for India s growth".
Mookerjee was also a barrister and academician. He served as Minister for Industry and Supply in the first cabinet post-Independence.
He founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1951 which later became the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1980.
--IANS rak/in
