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PM Modi Touches Feet Of Veteran BJP Leader Makhanlal Sarkar At Kolkata Oath Ceremony

Prime Minister Narendra Modi touched the feet of 98-year-old BJP veteran Makhanlal Sarkar during the BJP government’s oath ceremony at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground. Sarkar, a close aide of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, played a key role in early Jana Sangh and BJP movements in North Bengal.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets and seeks blessings from veteran BJP leader Makhanlal Sarkar during the Kolkata swearing-in ceremony | IANS

Close aide of Syama Prasad Mookerjee and senior-most Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Makhanlal Sarkar, a resident of Siliguri, was present at the BJP’s oath ceremony on Saturday at Kolkata’s iconic Brigade Parade Ground.

PM Modi touches Sarkar’s feet during ceremony

Notably, after the felicitation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was seen touching the feet of the 98-year-old Sarkar.

Sarkar associated with Jana Sangh movement

In the early years after Independence, Sarkar was actively involved in political movements linked to Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee.

Sarkar was the first BJP district president of the Siliguri organisational district in North Bengal and was a companion of Mookerjee during his historic Kashmir tour.

Arrested during Kashmir movement

In 1952, Sarkar was arrested in Kashmir while accompanying Mookerjee during the movement for hoisting the Indian tricolour there.

After the saffron camp was formed in 1980, Sarkar was made the coordinator of West Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling districts and, within just one year, he had enrolled nearly 10,000 members.

Source : https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/pm-modi-touches-feet-of-veteran-bjp-leader-makhanlal-sarkar-at-kolkata-oath-ceremony-video

 

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