Pranab Mukherjee not wrong in accepting RSS invite: Sushil Kumar Shinde

June 04, 2018 08:38

Senior Congress leader Sushil Kumar Shinde has said that former President Pranab Mukherjee accepting an invite to attend a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh event was "not wrong" as the latter was a secular person and a very good thinker.

"Pranab Mukherjee is a secular person. He will always put forth a secular view which he will do there (at the RSS event) as well. He is a very good thinker, and his going there and speaking on that platform is very important," Shinde said.

He said that Mukherjee accepting the invite was not wrong and "we would be more than pleased" if his thoughts bring some improvement in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

Mukherjee has been invited to be the chief guest at the valedictory function of the Sangh Shiksha Varg -- a training camp for RSS volunteers -- at its headquarters in Nagpur.

The event will be held on June 7. -- PTI

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