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Article 370 abrogation fulfilled dream of Syama Prasad Mookerjee: PM Narendra Modi | Kolkata News

Article 370 abrogation fulfilled dream of Syama Prasad Mookerjee: PM Narendra Modi | Kolkata News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the abrogation of Article 370 had fulfilled the dream of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee, while Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was in Kolkata to mark the nationalist leader’s 125th birth anniversary, laid the foundation stone of a 125 ft statue of Mookerjee as a tribute to his legacy. Addressing a commemorative programme through a video message, Modi described Mookerjee as a visionary, patriot and champion of national unity, and drew a direct ideological link between the Jana Sangh founder’s political struggles and several of the BJP’s signature policy decisions, including the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. “By abrogating Article 370, we have fulfilled the dream of Syama Prasad Mookerjee,” Modi said. Recalling Mookerjee’s idea of “Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat”, Modi noted how he remained steadfast in his commitment to national unity. “Mookerjee gave the nation the mantra that one country cannot have two constitutions, two heads and two symbols. This was not merely a slogan; it was a call for equal rights, …

BJP’s mayoral bid recalls lone mayor 40 years ago | Mumbai News

BJP’s mayoral bid recalls lone mayor 40 years ago | Mumbai News

With the Bharatiya Janata Party emerging as the dominant political force in the recently held Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections, a large part of the public believe that the party could install its ‘first’ mayor in Mumbai. Unbeknownst to them, nearly four decades ago, in a very different political landscape shaped by post Emergency alliances, the city had already seen a BJP mayor in the form of Dr Prabhakar Sanjiv Pai, who held the post barely three years after the party was formally founded in 1980. The circumstances that enabled a BJP mayor in Mumbai were shaped by the political churn following the imposition of the Emergency in 1975 by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The period saw the formation of the Janata Party in 1977 as a broad anti Congress coalition. One of its key constituents was the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the ideological and organisational predecessor of the BJP. Jana Sangh leaders merged into the Janata Party rather than forming a separate party. At the height of the Janata Party’s popularity, elections to the Bombay …