From Bengal’s unity to Kashmir’s integration: Mukherjee’s lasting legacy

The Home Minister’s post recalled how Mukherjee, refusing any personal fame, worked tirelessly to keep West Bengal within India’s borders during the turbulent partition era. Shah also narrated Mukherjee’s 1950s protest where he demanded a single constitution for the whole nation, rejecting the notion of “two laws, two flags, two prime ministers.” Although Mukherjee was arrested and later died under mysterious circumstances, Shah asserted that his vision has finally been realized with the abrogation of Article 370 and the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the ideological successor of the Jana Sangh.