Letter to BS: Pranab's visit to RSS cadres shows ambivalence for Hindutva?

It goes to shed his image as the erstwhile Congress' articulate voice and fire-fighter

Former President Pranab Mukherjee’s decision to visit the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Nagpur and address the ‘cub patriots’ was of a piece with former Congress leaders. In fact, it looked like Pranabdada was doing a Narashima Rao. Recall how the former Congress Prime Minister locked himself inside the puja room till the demolition of the Babri Masjid. More such instances spring to mind. S M Krishna who served as Congress Chief Minister of Karnataka jumped ship to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Even the great judge V R Krishna Iyer who stood like a bulwark against communalism