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In pics: Highlights from Pranab Mukherjee's visit to RSS headquarters

Former President Pranab Mukherjee addressed RSS event at Nagpur, in which he said, 'patriotism and nationalism go together'. Here are all the highlights from his speech

Not just Pranab's tolerance advice, but Bhagwat's 'power' warning important

Mukherjee had gone to the RSS headquarters in the hope that his visit would help bridge an ideological divide

Chidambaram lauds Pranab for praising Congress' ideology at RSS event

Besides Chidambaram, other Congress leaders including Anand Sharma and Randeep Surjewala also lauded Mukherjee's speech at the event

Pranab does RSS salute in fake image; daughter blames BJP dirty tricks dept

Congress leader Sharmistha Mukherjee was vehemently opposed to the former President visiting the RSS headquarters and publicly aired her views on Twitter

Pranab Mukherjee has shown mirror to RSS at their HQ: Congress

Mukherjee's decision to attend the RSS event drew sharp criticism from Congress that launched a counterattack on the organisation

Pranab Mukherjee at RSS Meet: Secularism, inclusion matter of faith for us

Former President Pranab Mukherjee addressed RSS event at Nagpur, in which he said, 'patriotism and nationalism go together'

At RSS founder's birthplace, Pranab calls him 'great son of Mother India'

Sources told PTI this visit to pay tributes to Hedgewar was not part of Mukherjee's scheduled itinerary and an impromptu decision was taken by the former president to do so.

As Pranab prepares for RSS event, here's how Congress leaders feel about it

While most Congress leaders have urged the former president and a Congress veteran to reconsider his decision, some party men have asked him to use the occasion to tell RSS where its problems lie

Pranab Mukherjee's daughter had opposed his RSS event visit

The two, according to sources, had a row when Mukherjee had accepted the invite from RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat some weeks back

Pranab babu's RSS visit: Seven dimensions

Indians should follow his example, not question his motives

Pranab Mukherjee: A free citizen, no longer bound by Congress party line

He is also 82 and doesn't give a damn about what anyone says or thinks

Why Mukherjee's Nagpur visit should worry BJP brass more than Congress

Some in the Congress have criticised Mukherjee for accepting the RSS invite, arguing that would give legitimacy to the RSS, but others have for months advised the Congress against attacking the RSS

Letter to BS: Pranab's visit to RSS cadres shows ambivalence for Hindutva?

It goes to shed his image as the erstwhile Congress' articulate voice and fire-fighter

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

Shekhar Gupta: Dada don't preach

Pranab Mukherjee is the 'Bhishma Pitamah' of Indian public life. The third volume of his political memoir is self-serving, hides too much and uses uncharacteristic innuendo

When Sonia Gandhi said 'will miss tantrums' of Pranab Mukherjee

The former president's third political memoir gives several accounts of how the UPA chairperson remained reluctant to approve his name for the country's top constitutional post

When Pranab Mukherjee riled Sonia Gandhi by meeting Bal Thackeray in 2012

During 2012 presidential poll campaign trail, Pranab Mukherjee was visiting Maharashtra where Bal Thackeray made 'elaborate arrangements' for Mukherjee's visit to Matoshree

A 'different' president

During his five years in Raisina Hill, Mukherjee upheld the dignity and decorum of his position

Thriving on pluralism

India is now faced with huge challenges and threats, both from within and outside

Constitution my sacred text, Parliament my temple: Pranab in final address

Ram Nath Kovind will replace him as the 14th President of the nation