New Delhi, June 23 -- Union Minister and BJP national president JP Nadda paid floral tribute to Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his death anniversary at the BJP Headquarters in New Delhi.

Syama Prasad Mookerjee was the founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the ideological parent organisation of the BJP. He also served as the Minister for Industry and Supply in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet.

Addressing party workers, Nadda highlighted Mookerjee's contributions to India's unity and questioned the circumstances of his death in 1953.

"Due to ideological differences and the appeasement policy of Dr Jawaharlal Nehru, Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee resigned from his cabinet, and later he was among the founding members of the Bharatiya Jana San...