It is probably not a stretch to compare former president Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar’s residence at Nagpur on Thursday with that of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani’s to the mausoleum of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, in Karachi in the summer of June 2005.
On Friday, Advani issued a statement lauding Mukherjee and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, and there were hints that the senior leader, who is now a member of his party’s margdarshak mandal, or mentor’s group, feels vindicated that the RSS opened its doors

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