Office bearers and leaders of district and city unit of BJP paid glowing tributes to founder of Jansangh Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee on his 61st death anniversary during a programme organised at the State BJP headquarters ‘Ekatm Parisar’ here on Monday.
Speaking on the occasion, BJP leader Shyam Bais highlighted the life, achievements and sacrifices of Dr Mukherjee. He said that Dr Mukherjee was a nationalist and a great patriot who had resigned from Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s cabinet on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir.
Dr Mukherjee had foiled the attempt by anti-national forces to separate Kashmir from India and had opposed the permit system for entry into Jammu and Kashmir, Bais said.
He had entered Jammu and Kashmir with the slogan ‘Ek Desh Mein Do Nishan, Do Pradhan, Do Vidhan — Nahi Chalenge Nahi Chalenge, he said.. He was arrested and was murdered under mysterious circumstances inside the jail. He had sacrificed his life for Jammu and Kashmir, Bais said.
BJP District President Ashok Pandey said that Dr Mukherjee had sacrificed his life for national unity and integrity. He will always be remembered as a sharp nationalist and patriot. He was a man of principles and a great humanist. Dr Mukherjee maintained a reputation of a diligent and committed personality in the history of India and Indian citizens consider him as their ideal and guide.
Shyam Sunder Agrawal conducted the proceedings of the programme which was attended by Prabha Dubey, Sanjay Srivastava, Rashmi Sharma, Channi Verma, Subhash Tiwari, Praful Vishwakarma, Jayanti Patel, Gopi Sahu, Sandeep Sharma, Mirza Aijaz Beg and many others.