Former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot, Rakesh Singh and other BJP leaders paid tribute to Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee on his death anniversary on Sunday in Madhya Pradesh.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan offered flower garland to Shyama Prasad Mukherjee’s statue.
श्री @ChouhanShivraj ने @BJP4MP प्रदेश कार्यालय में भारतीय जनसंघ के संस्थापक स्व. श्यामाप्रसाद मुखर्जी के बलिदान दिवस के अवसर पर उनकी प्रतिमा पर पुष्प अर्पित कर श्रद्धांजलि अर्पित की। pic.twitter.com/0xjBgLcldP
— Office of Shivraj (@OfficeofSSC) June 23, 2019
Earlier in the day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP Working President JP Nadda and other leaders of the party paid tribute to Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee on his death anniversary, at BJP Headquarters.
Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP Working President JP Nadda and other leaders of the party pay tribute to Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee on his death anniversary today, at BJP Headquarters. pic.twitter.com/w2lKn1fZN2
— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2019
The West Bengal government on Saturday announced that it will observe the death anniversary of Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee on Sunday.
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A letter issued by the Information and Cultural Affairs department of the state government stated, “State Government will observe the death anniversary of Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee on June 23 at 11:30 AM at the Keoratala burning ghat, Kolkata.”
Mukherjee was born in Kolkata. He was the founder of Jan Sangh. He was also Minister of Commerce and Industries from 1951 to 1952.
(With ANI inputs)