Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, September 25,  paid tributes to Bharatiya Janata Party  (BJP) ideologue Deendayal Upadhyay on his 105th birth anniversary. PM Modi said  Shri Deendayal Upadhyay dedicated his life to nation-building.

 Sharing a message on Twitter,  the Prime Minister described Upadhyay as the proponent of "integral humanism", and said his ideas will always inspire the people of the country. His ideas of "integral humanism" and "antyodaya" (empowerment of the most deprived) have been at the centre of the BJP's ideology.

एकात्म मानव दर्शन के प्रणेता पंडित दीनदयाल उपाध्याय जी को उनकी जयंती पर शत-शत नमन। उन्होंने राष्ट्र निर्माण में अपना जीवन समर्पित कर दिया। उनके विचार देशवासियों को सदैव प्रेरित करते रहेंगे।

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 25, 2021

Born in Mathura, Upadhyay was an RSS pracharak who joined Syama Prasad Mookerjee in building the Jana Sangh, the progenitor to the BJP.