PM Modi & Other BJP Leaders Pay Tribute To Syama Prasad Mookerjee On 71st Death Anniversary

In Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak and other BJP leaders paid floral tributes to Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee.

Delhi BJP President Virendraa Sachdeva pays floral tribute to Dr Syama Prasad Mukherjee on his death anniversary.

Source : ANI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tribute to Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his 71st death anniversary. In a tweet, he wrote in Hindi that Mookerjee had dedicated his life to the country. Mookerjee's dynamic personality, Modi said, will continue to “inspire every generation”.

देश के महान सपूत, प्रख्यात विचारक और शिक्षाविद् डॉ. श्यामा प्रसाद मुखर्जी को उनके बलिदान दिवस पर सादर नमन। मां भारती की सेवा में उन्होंने अपना जीवन समर्पित कर दिया। उनका ओजस्वी व्यक्तित्व देश की हर पीढ़ी को प्रेरित करता रहेगा।

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 23, 2024

Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi, Delhi BJP president Virendraa Sachdeva, party MP Kamaljeet Sehrawat and other leaders paid floral tributes in Delhi to the founder of the Jana Sangh, the BJP's predecessor. 

#WATCH | Delhi: BJP MP and party's national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi, Delhi BJP President Virendraa Sachdeva, party MP Kamaljeet Sehrawat and other leaders pay floral tribute to Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee on his death anniversary, in Delhi. pic.twitter.com/pSZd5qxpFF

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2024

Trivedi, Sachdeva and other leaders also planted saplings in Delhi to mark the leader's death anniversary. 

#WATCH | BJP MP and party's national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi, Delhi BJP President Virendraa Sachdeva and other leaders plant saplings in Delhi, on the death anniversary of Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. pic.twitter.com/4OWGPL4VjN

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2024

Speaking on the occasion, BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj told ANI, "Syama Prasad Mookerjee ji used to dream of a united India and therefore, PM Modi abrogated Article 370. The entire country thanks him (PM Modi) for this".

VIDEO | "Syama Prasad Mookerjee ji used to dream of a united India and therefore, PM Modi abrogated Article 370. The entire country thanks him (PM Modi) for this," says BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj.

(Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/dv5TRARJn4) pic.twitter.com/QsK6bazMhH

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 23, 2024

Delhi BJP President Virendraa Sachdeva was quoted by ANI as saying, "We pay tribute to Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his death anniversary…” He said Syama Prasad Mookerjee had sacrificed his life for the unity of India. Under the leadership of PM Modi, he added, the nation is “progressing towards development". "By abrogating article 370, PM Modi fulfilled the resolve of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee..."

#WATCH | Delhi: Delhi BJP President Virendraa Sachdeva says, "We pay tribute to Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee on his death anniversary...He sacrificed his life for the unity of India...Under the leadership of PM Modi the nation is progressing towards development. By abrogating… pic.twitter.com/ealLKy57sz

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2024

Sudhanshu Trivedi said Mookerjee "sacrificed his life for the unity of India and formed the basis for the integrity of Kashmir...BJP never changes its stand on core ideological issues..."

#WATCH | Delhi: BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi says, "Today is the death anniversary of Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee who sacrificed his life for the unity of India and formed the basis for the integrity of Kashmir...BJP never changes its stand on core ideological issues..." pic.twitter.com/H2HP4Qf3KY

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2024

In Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak and other BJP leaders also paid floral tributes to Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee.

#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak and other BJP leaders pay floral tribute to Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee on his death anniversary. pic.twitter.com/iJFB7j0kTe

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2024

CM Yogi Adityanath said Mookerjee dreamt of a “United India”. After the implementation of the Constitution by the then Congress-led government, "an attempt was made to cause serious damage to national integrity by adding Article 370", he added.

“Keeping in mind these intentions of the then government, Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee, who was serving the country as the Minister of Industry and Supply, left his post and started a massive movement for the prestige of the country, for the integrity of the country, to remove Article 370 from Kashmir. He had to sacrifice his life for the Kashmir Satyagraha campaign that he started with thousands of workers of Bharatiya Jana Sangh. The dream of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee is coming true today under the leadership of PM Modi, by abolishing Article 370 in Kashmir..."

Mookerjee was an Indian politician, barrister, and academician who served as the Minister for Industry and Supply in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet. At age 33, he became the youngest vice-chancellor of Calcutta University in 1934.