Kolkata, July 6 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday performed bhoomi pujan and laid the foundation stone for a 125-foot statue of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee at the Eco Park in Kolkata.

The event coincided with the 125th birth anniversary of the BJP ideologue.

Amit Shah also visited the ancestral home of Syama Prasad Mookerjee in Bhabanipur, Kolkata and garlanded the busts of Syama Prasad Mookerjee and his father Asutosh Mookerjee.

The Home Minister, who arrived in Kolkata earlier in the day, was received by the West Bengal Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari.

The Union Home Minister reached KolKata to take part in the commemorative events celebrating the birth anniversary Founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee....