The Congress was attacking Pranab Mukherjee for attending the RSS function. But just as he ended his speech, the Congressmen began re-claiming the former president as one of their own.
'We derive our strength from tolerance. We accept and respect our pluralism,' former President Pranab Mukherjee said at a valedictory function of future RSS pracharaks in Nagpur Thursday.
The former President goes to the headquarters of RSS in Nagpur and talks about the idea of Nehruvian nationalism and the supremacy of the Constitution.
From Mahatma Gandhi to A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the RSS has continuously invited leaders of different affiliations to address its events in its 93-old history.
Former president Pranab Mukherjee in 2010 is believed to have drafted the party's resolution that said the ideology of the BJP and RSS 'threatens the very basis of secularism'.
In a 2005 Walk The Talk, then RSS chief K.S. Sudarshan praised Indira Gandhi, saying she had a good understanding of the people, their needs, and the country.
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