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Making sense of Advani's praise for Pranab Mukherjee and RSS chief Bhagwat

Mukherjee paying homage to Hedgewar and Advani's Jinnah moment

Former president Pranab Mukherjee being welcomed by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat at the closing ceremony of ‘Tritiya Varsha Sangh Shiksha Varg’, an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
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Former president Pranab Mukherjee being welcomed by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat at the closing ceremony of ‘Tritiya Varsha Sangh Shiksha Varg’, an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)

Archis Mohan New Delhi
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