Defending Pranab Mukherjee’s decision to visit RSS headquarters to address ‘swayamsevaks’, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said, “The RSS is not Pakistan’s ISI. The RSS is an organisation of nationalists. Mukherjee’s acceptance of the invitation is a good start. Political untouchability is not good.”
The RSS also reminded Congress leaders that even Mahatma Gandhi and Jaiprakash Narayan attended their functions and former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had invited its workers for the Republic Day parade in 1963 after being impressed with its work.
