<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid tributes to founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh and former Parliamentarian Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his birth anniversary. </span></div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">In a tweet, Mr Modi said, Dr. Mookerjee is remembered as a fine educationist, a wonderful administrator and a stalwart who fought for India's freedom as well as unity. </div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">The Prime Minister also shared a picture of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee with Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar saying that both were Ministerial colleagues and had a futuristic vision for India's growth.</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">Apart from being a political activist, Dr Mookerjee was also a barrister and academician. </div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px;">He served as Minister for Industry and Supply in the first Cabinet post Independence. He founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1951 which was re-formed as the Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP in 1980.</div></div></div></div></div>