Chandigarh, July 6 -- Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday paid homage to Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee on the occasion of his 125th birth anniversary.

Meanwhile, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Virendraa Sachdeva, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and other party leaders also paid floral tribute to Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the founder of Jana Sangh, on the occasion of his birth anniversary.

Syama Prasad Mookerjee was the founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the ideological parent organisation of the BJP.

Born on July 6, 1901, in Calcutta, was a multifaceted personality - patriot, educationist, parliamentarian, statesman, and humanitarian. He inherited a le...