Bhadohi, June 23 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath planted a sapling under the 'Ek ped maa ke naam' campaign in Bhadohi on the Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee's death anniversary on Monday.

Earlier in the day, paying tribute to Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the Chief Minister described the late leader as a "distinguished scholar, a great freedom fighter, and a visionary."

Mookerjee founded Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which later took shape as the BJP.

Adressing a gathering in Lucknow, Adityanath said, "The day marks the sacred death anniversary of the great son of Mother India, Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, the founding president of the Bharatiya Janata Sangh. On this very day, in 1953, Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee s...