India, May 10 -- I would like to recall that during a debate in the Lok Sabha, Pt. Nehru pointed towards Dr Mookerjee and declared, "Jana Sangh is a communal party. I will crush the Jana Sangh." To this, Dr Mookerjee got up and promptly replied to Nehru's remarks, amid applause, "My friend Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru says that he will crush Jana Sangh. I say, I will crush this crushing mentality."

I would like to heap a lot of praise on the formation of the first-ever BJP Government in West Bengal after posting a historic win in the Assembly elections. The seed planted by the founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee, has now become a full-grown lotus.

It is a matter of immense pride that the land of Dr Mookerjee has gi...