Amit Shah pays tribute to Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his birth anniversary

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national President Amit Shah on Friday paid floral tribute to Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s statue on his birth anniversary. Syama Prasad Mookerjee was an Indian politician, barrister and academician, who served as Minister for Industry and Supply in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet. After falling out with Nehru, Mookerjee quit the Indian National Congress and founded the right wing nationalist political party Bharatiya Jana Sangh, a predecessor to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in 1951.