Kolkata, July 6 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday paid tributes to Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his 125th birth anniversary, describing the occasion as an "emotional day" and asserting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had fulfilled Mookerjee's resolve by abrogating Article 370 and making Jammu and Kashmir an integral part of India.

Addressing a public event here, Shah said Mookerjee sacrificed his life for the complete integration of Jammu and Kashmir with India and resigned from independent India's first Cabinet over the Nehru-Liaquat Pact.

"Today is an emotional day for many people like me. Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee ji sacrificed his life to integrate Kashmir with India. He resigned from the country's first Cabinet due to the N...