Shyama Prasad Mookerjee

A political row has erupted after the Union Ministry of Culture has renamed 'Bhasha Bhavan', an important building of the National Library in Kolkata, after Dr Shyama Prasad Mookerjee,

BJP chief JP Nadda invoked Shyama Prasad Mookerjee on his birth anniversary today to call for a change in government in Bengal -- the home state of the late Jan Sangh leader -- clearly setting sights on the state elections of 2021.

Shyama Prasad Mookerjee birth anniversary: PM Modi, his cabinet colleagues and several BJP leaders paid their tribute to Shyama Prasad Mookerjee on his 119th birth anniversary today. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee was an academician, politician and barrister who founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the predecessor of Bhartiya Janata Party or BJP.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is on a two-day visit to West Bengal capitalwill inaugurate celebrations of 150 years of Kolkata Port Trust at the Netaji Indoor Stadium today.

Three months after a bust of BJP icon Shyama Prasad Mookerjee was vandalized in Kolkata, the West Bengal government today installed a brand new one at the same location.

For the first time, West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government has decided to observe the death anniversary of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee on Saturday, triggering a political storm in the state.

BJP stands for abrogation of Article 370 in line with Jana Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mookerjee's views but has put it on the back-burner keeping in mind its 'coalition dharma' in Jammu and Kashmir where it is in power with PDP, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on sunday.

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today took a dig at BJP ministers in the PDP-BJP coalition government, saying they swore allegiance to the same Constitution of the state which their party ideologue Shyama Prasad Mookerjee died trying to get rid of.

Delhi BJP on Sunday paid tributes to Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mookerjee on his birth anniversary and organised a number of seminars on his life and work for the new generation of party workers.

Narendra Modi, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, referred to Mahatma Gandhi as Mohanlal, and not Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi at a rally in Rajasthan on Tuesday.

Dismayed over Congress MPs not attending a programme to pay floral tributes to Jana Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mookerjee in Parliament, BJP leader LK Advani today said politicians should not discriminate on party lines between great men of the nation.

Senior BJP leader LK Advani has hit out at Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, advising him against using offensive language. Mr Abdullah had, on Wednesday, slammed BJP leaders for demanding the abrogation of Article 370 in the Constitution that grants special state to his state.

Days after BJP sacrificed its alliance with Janata Dal (United) or JD(U), its senior leader L K Advani today invoked Jansangh founder Shyama Prasad Mookerjee to emphasise that his party would need to join hands with other parties to defeat Congress.

A political row has erupted after the Union Ministry of Culture has renamed 'Bhasha Bhavan', an important building of the National Library in Kolkata, after Dr Shyama Prasad Mookerjee,

BJP chief JP Nadda invoked Shyama Prasad Mookerjee on his birth anniversary today to call for a change in government in Bengal -- the home state of the late Jan Sangh leader -- clearly setting sights on the state elections of 2021.

Shyama Prasad Mookerjee birth anniversary: PM Modi, his cabinet colleagues and several BJP leaders paid their tribute to Shyama Prasad Mookerjee on his 119th birth anniversary today. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee was an academician, politician and barrister who founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the predecessor of Bhartiya Janata Party or BJP.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is on a two-day visit to West Bengal capitalwill inaugurate celebrations of 150 years of Kolkata Port Trust at the Netaji Indoor Stadium today.

Three months after a bust of BJP icon Shyama Prasad Mookerjee was vandalized in Kolkata, the West Bengal government today installed a brand new one at the same location.

For the first time, West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government has decided to observe the death anniversary of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee on Saturday, triggering a political storm in the state.

BJP stands for abrogation of Article 370 in line with Jana Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mookerjee's views but has put it on the back-burner keeping in mind its 'coalition dharma' in Jammu and Kashmir where it is in power with PDP, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on sunday.

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today took a dig at BJP ministers in the PDP-BJP coalition government, saying they swore allegiance to the same Constitution of the state which their party ideologue Shyama Prasad Mookerjee died trying to get rid of.

Delhi BJP on Sunday paid tributes to Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mookerjee on his birth anniversary and organised a number of seminars on his life and work for the new generation of party workers.

Narendra Modi, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, referred to Mahatma Gandhi as Mohanlal, and not Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi at a rally in Rajasthan on Tuesday.

Dismayed over Congress MPs not attending a programme to pay floral tributes to Jana Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mookerjee in Parliament, BJP leader LK Advani today said politicians should not discriminate on party lines between great men of the nation.

Senior BJP leader LK Advani has hit out at Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, advising him against using offensive language. Mr Abdullah had, on Wednesday, slammed BJP leaders for demanding the abrogation of Article 370 in the Constitution that grants special state to his state.

Days after BJP sacrificed its alliance with Janata Dal (United) or JD(U), its senior leader L K Advani today invoked Jansangh founder Shyama Prasad Mookerjee to emphasise that his party would need to join hands with other parties to defeat Congress.