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Letter to BS: Row over Pranab Mukherjee attending RSS event

The invitation to a staunch Congressman is the latest proof of it

Pranab Mukherjee
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outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee

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The letter “An intriguing visit” (May 31) implies that former President Pranab Mukherjee has committed a cardinal sin by accepting the invitation of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to address its new recruits. The writer is apprehensive of “Hindu revivalism”. Obviously, he has failed to notice the slow but sure change that is taking place in the RSS attitude post Narendra Modi. The invitation to a staunch Congressman is the latest proof of it. 

Modi’s visits to Muslim countries, opening the economy to foreign investment, liberalisation of labour laws, praise for Dr B R Ambedkar, idolising Mahatma Gandhi and condemnation of the