BJP Chief Nadda pays tribute to Syama Prasad Mookerjee on birth anniversary
Mookerjee founded the organization because he was saddened by the appeasement policy of Nehru. He said that the imposition of Article 370 is harmful for the country. He gave a slogan against it.
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New Delhi, Jul 6: Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda, while paying tributes to Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his birth anniversary on Wednesday (Jul 6), said that he founded Jan Sangh due to the "appeasement policy" of the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Nadda further said that Mookerjee had told Nehru that the imposition of Article 370 is harmful for the country.
BJP chief JP Nadda said, "Crores of workers of the party all across the country and the globe are celebrating Syama Prasad Mookerjee's birth anniversary. He became the Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University in those days at the age of 33 which speaks volumes of his knowledge and his wisdom. He was the first member of the cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru. He resigned due to differences of opinion with Nehru and founded Bharatiya Jana Sangha."
Emphasizing Mookerjee's connect with the abrogation of Article 370, Nadda said, "He founded the organization because he was saddened by the appeasement policy of Nehru. He said that the imposition of Article 370 is harmful for the country. He gave a slogan against it,." He further said, "We lost a leader but we kept on marching to make his journey come true. Article 370 was scrapped by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. This is a true tribute to Syama Prasad Mookerjee."
Recalling the 'mysterious' death of the Jan Sangha founder in Jammu and Kashmir, Nadda said that Mookerjee's mother had written to the then Prime Minister, however, Nehru did not conduct an enquiry into the matter. Mookerjee went to visit Kashmir in 1953 and was arrested on May 11. He died in custody on Jun 23, 1953.
