AGARTALA, July 6 (TIWN): Tripura BJP has celebrated Syama Prasad Mukherjee’s 118th birth anniversary on Friday.

At BJP Headquarter, BJP leaders, activists paid floral tributes to Mukharjee to mark his birthday.

There are various programmes on Mukharjee’s birth anniversary in various places of the state have been organized by BJP.

Syama Prasad Mookerjee was an Indian politician, barrister and academician, who served as Minister for Industry and Supply in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet, later founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which emerged later as BJP.