Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to 97 year old Makhanlal Sarkar, long associated with Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, during the swearing in of West Bengal’s first BJP chief minister Suvendu Adhikari. Modi recalled Sarkar’s contributions and his arrest alongside Mukherjee, framing the moment as BJP’s push to realize Mukherjee’s vision in the state.
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