TMC, BJP pay tributes to Syama Prasad Mookerjee

The ruling Trinamool Congress and opposition BJP today paid tribute to Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his birth anniversary.

Senior TMC leader and state minister Arup Roy paid floral tribute to Mookerjee at his statue in the city.

Asked if the TMC was following the BJP in celebrating Mookerjee's birthday, Roy said the West Bengal government has been celebrating the birth anniversary of Mookerjee every year. "He was a good son of the nation."