Nehru denied inquiry into Syama Prasad Mukherjee's death, says BJP national president JP Nadda

BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda has alleged that Jawaharlal Nehru had denied inquiry into the death of Bharatiya Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mukherjee. Syama Prasad died under mysterious circumstances in Srinagar jail in June 1953.

New Delhi: BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda blamed first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru for denying inquiry into the death of Bharatiya Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mukherjee.

Syama Prasad died under mysterious circumstances in Srinagar jail in June 1953. Nadda said that despite requests, Nehru did not launch an inquiry into Mukherjee's death.

Addressing a virtual rally on the 119th birth anniversary of Mukherjee on Monday, Nadda rued, "He was kept in a jail in Srinagar following which his health deteriorated and he died under suspicious circumstances. His mother requested Nehru for an inquiry into the death of her son, but Nehru did not allow it to happen."

He added, "It shows Congress' undemocratic face. No one knows how he died. We continued to fight on his ideals and follow the path he has shown us." Mukherjee was an academician, politician and founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the predecessor of Bharatiya Janata Party.