Former president and senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee is all set to address the valedictory function of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) Sangh Shiksha Varg — a training camp for the volunteers — at the headquarters in Nagpur on Thursday.
The “secular patriarch’s” decision to accept the Sangh’s invitation has evoked a mix responds with some crying ideological betrayal while the other seeing no harm in it. Meanwhile, Mukharjee broke his silence on the issue earlier this week and said that whatever he has to say, he will say in Nagpur only. “”Whatever I have to say, I will say in Nagpur. I have received several letters, requests and phone calls, but I haven’t responded to anyone yet,” Mukherjee was quoted as saying by Bengali newspaper Anandabazar Patrika.
Senior Congress leader and trusted aide of Sonia Gandhi, Ahmed Patel tweeted on Wednesday retweeted Sharmishtha’s tweets and said, “Did not expect this from Pranab Da.” Patel’s retweet was seen as a signal that the party high command too disapproves of former president attending the RSS event, media reports said.
