History

J&K now free of strong arm tactics by three families: Shah

·        Syama Prasad Mukherjee was an Indian flesh presser, barrister and academician, who served because the Minister for Industry and Supply in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s cabinet.

·        After falling out with Nehru, protesting against the Liaquat-Nehru Pact, Mukherjee resigned from Nehru’s cabinet.

·        With the assist of the RashtriyaSwayamsevakSangh, he founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the predecessor to the Bharatiya Janata Party, in 1951.

·        He was also the president of AkhilBharatiya Hindu Mahasabha from 1943 to 1946.

·        Since the Bharatiya Janata Party is the successor to the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Mukherjee is also regarded as the founder of the Bharatiya Janata Party.