Shyama Prasad’s death still a mystery: L K Advani

Shri L K Advani, Leader in Opposition, India, visiting the permanent
exhibition on Shyamaprasad Mookherjee  at Mookherjee Nivas ,
Bhwanipore, Kolkata on his 110 the birth anniversary. 

Kolkata, July 10 (IANS) Stating that no inquiry was conducted into the ‘tragic death’ of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Sunday said his death was still a mystery.

‘The shocking news came to us on June 23 (1953) that Shyama Prasadji is no more. How it happened no one knows even till date. It is a mystery,’ Advani told reporters after paying homage to Mukherjee on the occasion of his 110th birth anniversary here.

The BJP leader Sunday visited the residence of Mukherjee in south Kolkata.

‘He (Mukherjee) did fall ill, it is true, but what was the treatment given to him, how it happened, we do not know. There was correspondence between Dr. B.C. Roy (the then West Bengal chief minister) and Pandit Nehru (the then prime minister), but nothing came out of it. There was not even an inquiry constituted that how the tragic death of the great leader took place,’ Advani said.

Mukherjee was arrested on entering Kashmir in May 1953. Thereafter, he was jailed in a house. His death in custody raised wide suspicion across the country and demands for ‘independent enquiry’ were raised.

Advani congratulates Mamata, hopes change will augur well

Sri L.K. Advani, Dr. Raman Singh (CM of Chattisgarh), and others
were presented in 110 Birthday Ceremony of Dr. Shyamaprasad Mukherjee
in Kolkataon 10th July, 2011 in the Calcutta University Institute Hall

Kolkata, Jul 10 (PTI) Senior BJP leader L K Advani today congratulated West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on her party''s victory in the Assembly elections and expressed hope that the change of regime would augur well for the state.

"I congratulate Mamata Banerjee. I am confident that she has opened a new chapter in West Bengal politics. I hope the change in the state will be for the better," Advani said while speaking at a function to mark the 110th birth anniversary of Jan Sangh leader Shyama Parasad Mookerjee.

On Prime Minister Manmohan Singh''s proposed visit to Bangladesh in which Banerjee is scheduled to accompany, Advani said, "It is good that the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister are going to Bangladesh. But among other things, they should see that the lives and property of the Hindus there are protected and the illegal Bangladeshi migration is stopped.

Both the governments should see to this." PTI SBR AMR NIK

Dr Mookerjee sacrificed life for nation: BJP

Jammu, Jun 23 PTI, 23rd June: Paying tributes to Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his 58th death anniversary, state BJP today said that he sacrificed his life in Jammu and Kashmir for the cause of nation.

"We pay tributes to Dr. Mookerjee today. He was leader instrumental in abolition of permit system in Jammu and Kashmir and sacrificed his life in the state for the cause of nation," BJP state president Shamhser Singh Manhas said while addressing a function today.

After independence, while citizens could visit any part of the country, Jammu and Kashmir had a permit system, he said. "Any one willing to visit this state had to obtain a permit from the administration. Dr Mookherjee launched an agitation against this and declared to enter J&K without permit," he said.

In 1953, he along with other nationalist leaders, entered the state and was arrested, he said adding that, after a few days of his arrest, Dr Mookherjee died under mysterious circumstances at Srinagar.