Why Pranab Mukherjee going to an RSS function is raising eyebrows

Mukherjee has been invited as the chief guest on the concluding day of 'Sangh Shiksha Varg', an annual training camp of the RSS, where Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat would be the key speaker

When former President Pranab Mukherjee on May 29 accepted an invitation to attend a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) event on June 7, comments and reactions started pouring in from different corners of the political landscape and left many Congress leaders wondering as to how this happened.

Although the Congress refrained from commenting on the news officially, several leaders expressed their surprise over Mukherjeee's decision.

Congress leader and former Union minister C K Jaffer Sharif and former MP Hanumanthappa expressed their "shock and dismay" over the former President's decision. In a joint letter,