NEW DELHI: Breaking his silence on accepting an invitation to wait an RSS event at its Nagpur headquarters on June 7, former President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said whatever he has to mention, he's going to say in Nagpur only.
"Whatever I have to say, I will say in Nagpur. I have received several letters, requests and phone calls, but I haven't responded to anyone yet," Mukherjee used to be quoted as pronouncing by means of Bengali newspaper Anandabazar Patrika.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has invited Mukherjee to be the executive guest at the concluding serve as of "Tritiya Varsh Varg" or third-year course and deal with the Swayamsevaks' on June 7.
The RSS invite to Mukherjee sparked off an issue, as the Congress leaders expressed unhappiness over his acceptance, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Sangh noticed not anything flawed in it.
Senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh additionally wrote to Mukherjee inquiring for him to not attend the RSS event.
Earlier, senior Congress chief P. Chidambaram had advised him to take the chance to inform the RSS what's flawed with their ideology.
"Now that he has authorized the invitation, there's no level in debating why he authorized it.
"The more important factor to mention is, Sir you've got authorized invitation, please go there and tell them what's flawed with their ideology," the previous Union Minister had said.
Another former Union Minister CK Jaffer Sharief in a letter to Mukherjee had advised him to reconsider his resolution and steer clear of attending the development within the interest of secularism.
Expressing marvel over former President Pranab Mukherjee's resolution to wait an RSS event, West Bengal Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury had said he used to be not able to narrate the discuss with with Mukherjee's previous feedback in opposition to the Sangh Parivar and other Hindutva forces.
"My query is does he (Mukherjee) assume his previous feedback in opposition to RSS were flawed? We take into account how Pranab Mukherjee as a senior chief of the Congress had come down heavily on RSS as a communal and a divisive organisation," he had said.
"I'm surprised to listen to about Pranab Mukherjee's resolution to wait RSS's serve as in Nagpur. Just like another Congressman, I'm astonished too," Chowdhury, who has shared a long association with Mukherjee, said.
"Whatever I have to say, I will say in Nagpur. I have received several letters, requests and phone calls, but I haven't responded to anyone yet," Mukherjee used to be quoted as pronouncing by means of Bengali newspaper Anandabazar Patrika.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has invited Mukherjee to be the executive guest at the concluding serve as of "Tritiya Varsh Varg" or third-year course and deal with the Swayamsevaks' on June 7.
The RSS invite to Mukherjee sparked off an issue, as the Congress leaders expressed unhappiness over his acceptance, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Sangh noticed not anything flawed in it.
Senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh additionally wrote to Mukherjee inquiring for him to not attend the RSS event.
Earlier, senior Congress chief P. Chidambaram had advised him to take the chance to inform the RSS what's flawed with their ideology.
"Now that he has authorized the invitation, there's no level in debating why he authorized it.
"The more important factor to mention is, Sir you've got authorized invitation, please go there and tell them what's flawed with their ideology," the previous Union Minister had said.
Another former Union Minister CK Jaffer Sharief in a letter to Mukherjee had advised him to reconsider his resolution and steer clear of attending the development within the interest of secularism.
Expressing marvel over former President Pranab Mukherjee's resolution to wait an RSS event, West Bengal Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury had said he used to be not able to narrate the discuss with with Mukherjee's previous feedback in opposition to the Sangh Parivar and other Hindutva forces.
"My query is does he (Mukherjee) assume his previous feedback in opposition to RSS were flawed? We take into account how Pranab Mukherjee as a senior chief of the Congress had come down heavily on RSS as a communal and a divisive organisation," he had said.
"I'm surprised to listen to about Pranab Mukherjee's resolution to wait RSS's serve as in Nagpur. Just like another Congressman, I'm astonished too," Chowdhury, who has shared a long association with Mukherjee, said.
Whatever I have to say, I will say in Nagpur: Pranab Mukherjee on RSS invite
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