Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh’s (RSS) headquarters in Nagpur on Thursday hosted what one may call ‘the most unusual visitor’. Pranab Mukherjee, former President of India and the senior most leader of Congress, is all set to address RSS workers, in a move that has taken the entire political class of the country by surprise.
‘Today I came here to pay my respect and homage to a great son of Mother India’: Former President Dr.Pranab Mukherjee’s message in the visitor’s book at RSS founder KB Hedgewar’s birthplace in Nagpur pic.twitter.com/ax76NCzJMa
— ANI (@ANI) June 7, 2018
Needless to say, Mukherjee’s decision to attend and address an event hosted by the RSS has shocked Congress the most. While the likes of Sonia Gandhi, Ahmed Patel and Sharmishta Mukherjee (his daughter) have questioned the move, many such as P Chidambaram and Salman Khurshid have felt that there is nothing wrong in speaking at an RSS event.
However, amid all the debate, Congress on Twitter took a jibe at RSS with an explainer video, ‘RSS for dummies’ which mentioned what RSS stands for as per the Congress. The video criticises RSS for its zero or negligible contribution in the Indian freedom movement and calls it ‘anti-development’, among other things.
Here’s the video
Today is a very fitting day to bring you all a primer on what the RSS really stands for. pic.twitter.com/m1oQ15nkDJ
— Congress (@INCIndia) June 7, 2018
But the tweet sparked anti-Congress responses and many shared pictures of Congress leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi attending RSS events.
ये नेहरू जी की तस्वीर आरएसएस के कार्यकर्ताओं के साथ अब बोले pic.twitter.com/vjZbTaAYKs
— अर्जुन सिंह ठाकुर ‘स्वाभिमानी’ (@ArjunSi82946261) June 7, 2018
इस विषय मे आप क्या कहंगे pic.twitter.com/td9PqWg0nS
— अर्जुन सिंह ठाकुर ‘स्वाभिमानी’ (@ArjunSi82946261) June 7, 2018
