MP CM Mohan Yadav pays tribute to Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his death anniversary

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav and BJP state president VD Sharma paid floral tributes to Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his death anniversary in Bhopal on Monday.

The solemn occasion was marked by a program where both leaders remembered Mookerjee’s contributions to the nation and the party’s ideological roots.

आज भोपाल में प्रखर राष्ट्रवादी विचारक, महान शिक्षाविद् और हमारे मार्गदर्शक डॉ. श्यामा प्रसाद मुखर्जी जी के बलिदान दिवस पर श्रद्धासुमन अर्पित किए।

राष्ट्रीय एकता को समर्पित पूज्य श्यामा प्रसाद जी का बहुआयामी व्यक्तित्व एवं जनसेवा के लिए संकल्पित जीवन हम सभी भाजपा कार्यकर्ताओं को… pic.twitter.com/6J9icY5wUv

— Dr Mohan Yadav (@DrMohanYadav51) June 23, 2025

Addressing the gathering, CM Yadav highlighted Dr. Mookerjee’s pivotal role in India’s pre- and post-Independence political landscape.

“There are a few great personalities who contributed before freedom as well as played a crucial role at the time of formation of Indian Constitution post Independence. Today, we are here to remember the contribution of one such personality Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee... Today I am satisfied that Prime Minister Narendra Modi removed Article 370... Dr Mookerjee made us realise that Jammu and Kashmir is our crown and we need to admire it. Today, we can see it... Let us remember the contribution of Dr Mookerjee and follow the path shown by his life,” said CM Yadav.

Echoing similar sentiments, BJP state president VD Sharma paid tribute to Mookerjee’s determination and sacrifice. “Today we are remembering Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee, who sacrificed his life in the journey from Bharatiya Jana Sangh to Bharatiya Janata Party... the then government had decided that there would be two rules in one nation through Article 370 and Mookerjee launched agitation against it, went to jail and formed Jana Sangh. He had died in Jail with a resolve to remove Article 370. Our party was formed due to the sacrifice of Mookerjee so, today is a resolution day for us. We are proud to say that PM Modi fulfilled Syama Prasad Mookerjee's resolution of Article 370 revocation,” Sharma said.

He further added, “On the death anniversary of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee, we pay floral tribute to him and every party worker should resolve to follow the path shown by Mookerjee.”

Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee was the founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which later evolved into the Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as the Minister for Industry and Supply in Jawaharlal Nehru’s cabinet but resigned over the Delhi pact with Liaquat Ali Khan in 1950.

He went on to form the Bharatiya Jana Sangh on October 21, 1951, in Delhi. Mookerjee was arrested during a visit to Kashmir in 1953 and died under detention on June 23 of that year.