Senior Congress leader and former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Friday lauded former President Pranab Mukherjee for highlighting Congress' ideology during his speech at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh event held on Thursday.


"Happy that Mr Pranab Mukherjee told the RSS what is right about Congress' ideology. It was his way of saying what is wrong about RSS' ideology," Chidambaram tweeted.


Mukherjee's acceptance of the RSS' invitation to attend the Third Year Sangha Shiksha Varga event led to backlash from the Congress and others. Earlier, Chidambaram had requested the former President to tell the RSS what is wrong with their ideology.


Image: Pranab Mukherjee with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at the party HQ in Nagpur yesterday.