His wife Shanta Bhalerao was the Assistant Secretary of All India Trade Union Congress.

[1][2] Mukherjee became political active in the 1920s, taking part in the Civil Disobedience Movement and jute mill workers union struggles in Bengal.

In 1921 Mukherjee went to Etawah with his friend Radharaman Mitra and participated in Non-cooperation movement.

he returned to Bengal following the order of Motilal Nehru and started working for Congress Swaraj Party.

He had organized worker strikes with Abdul Momin (Trade union activist) and Abdur Rezzak Khan.