Kashmir, Bengal part of India because of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee: Amit Shah

New Delhi, July 6: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah Saturday said Kashmir and Bengal were part of India because of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee.

Addressing the 'Sahkar se Samriddhi' (Prosperity through Cooperation) programme organised on the occasion of the 102nd International Day of Cooperatives in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, Home Minister Shah said, “Today is the birth anniversary of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee and we owe to him for making Bengal and Kashmir integral parts of India today.”

He said that it was Mukherjee who led the movement against having two legislations, two heads at the top, and two flags in one country and sacrificed his life fighting for this cause.

Shah said that today under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi the duality of having two legislations (Vidhan), two heads at the top (Pradhan), and two flags (Nishaan) had ended in Kashmir and the tricolour was flying there high with great pride.