Ahmedabad, April 6 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday paid tribute to founders of Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), Syama Prasad Mookerjee and Deendayal Upadhyaya in Ahmedabad on the 46th foundation day of Bharatiya Janata Party.

Shah was accompanied by his wife, Sonal Shah.

Bharatiya Jana Sangh was the precursor of the BJP. It was started in 1950 by former Union Minister Syama Prasad Mookerjee and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, who laid the foundation of party's ideology.

Earlier in the day, Amit Shah congratulated party workers and highlighted how the "lotus symbol has become a new emblem of trust and hope in the hearts of the countrymen."

Posting about the party's foundation day on X, Shah wrote, Today, under the leadership of (PM) Modi, ...