India

RSS Speech Will Be Forgotten, Not Visuals: Pranab Mukherjee's Daughter Warns

IANS, 06 Jun, 2018 12:18 PM

On the eve of former President Pranab Mukherkee's visit to Nagpur to address RSS cadre, his daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee went public with her disapproval of the move and warning Mukherjee of the consequences of his presence at RSS headquarters on Thursday.

"By going to Nagpur, you are giving BJP/RSS full handle to plant false stories, spread falls rumours as today and making it somewhat believable. And this is just d beginning!" said a visibly perturbed Mukherjee amid speculation that she may get a BJP ticket to contest 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Bengal.

She tweeted: "Hope @CitiznMukherjee now realises from todays’ (sic) incident, how BJP dirty tricks department operates. Even RSS wouldn’t believe that you are going to endorse its views in your speech. But the speech will be forgotten, visuals will remain and those will be circulated with fake statements."

Hope @CitiznMukherjee now realises from todays’ incident, how BJP dirty tricks dept operates. Even RSS wouldn’t believe that u r going 2 endorse its views in ur speech. But the speech will be forgotten, visuals will remain & those will be circulated with fake statements. 1/2
— Sharmistha Mukherjee (@Sharmistha_GK) June 6, 2018

.@CitiznMukherjee By going 2 Nagpur, u r giving BJP/RSS full handle 2 plant false stories, spread falls rumours as 2day & making it somewhat believable. And this is just d beginning! 2/2
— Sharmistha Mukherjee (@Sharmistha_GK) June 6, 2018

Earlier on Wednesday, Sharmistha had said she would rather leave politics than quit Congress

In the mountains enjoying a beautiful sunset, & suddenly this news that I’m supposedly joining BJP hits like a torpedo! Can’t there be some peace & sanity in this world? I joined politics because I believe in @INCIndia Wud rather leave politics than leave Congress
— Sharmistha Mukherjee (@Sharmistha_GK) June 6, 2018

Sharmistha Mukherjee is currently president of the Delhi Mahila Congress and a national media panellist for Congress.

Earlier, a host of Congress leaders had urged Pranab Mukherjee not to go to Nagpur. These leaders included Jairam Ramesh, CK Jaffer Sharief, Hanumantha Rao and Adhir Ranjan Choudhry.

Prev Next

MORE India ARTICLES

Sikh Rights Activist Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa Jumps From Water Tank, Dies

Former militant Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa, who had been protesting for the last several years demanding the release of Sikh prisoners, allegedly committed suicide at his native Thaska Ali village in the district on Tuesday evening.

Sikh Rights Activist Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa Jumps From Water Tank, Dies

Turbans Topple As SAD Leaders Stopped From Marching To Assembly

Turbans were tossed as police tried to prevent SAD-BJP leaders from marching towards the Punjab Assembly here to register their protest on Tuesday.

Turbans Topple As SAD Leaders Stopped From Marching To Assembly

30 Years On, Navjot Sidhu Defends Himself In Road Rage Case Before Supreme Court

Thirty years after an elderly man died in a road rage case allegedly involving now Punjab Tourism Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, the Supreme Court on Tuesday commenced hearing the final arguments on his appeal challenging a Punjab and Haryana High Court verdict convicting him.

30 Years On, Navjot Sidhu Defends Himself In Road Rage Case Before Supreme Court

After Four Years Of Hope, Government Confirms 39 Indians Held Hostage By ISIS In Iraq Are Dead

All 39 Indian construction workers kidnapped by the Islamic State in 2014 from Iraq's city of Mosul have been killed, the government said on Tuesday, confirming the worst fears after keeping alive hopes over their survival for the last nearly four years.

After Four Years Of Hope, Government Confirms 39 Indians Held Hostage By ISIS In Iraq Are Dead

India World's Greatest Land Of Opportunities: American Author Richard M. Rothman

With a powerful combination of brainpower, entrepreneurial energy and favourable demographics, India is the world's greatest land of opportunities, says American author Richard M. Rothman, who has come up with a book that aims to help ordinary Indians do extraordinary things.

India World's Greatest Land Of Opportunities: American Author Richard M. Rothman

Modi-Mukt Bharat: MNS Workers Target Signboards Written In Gujarati In Mumbai, Vasai

After the rally, the MNS workers, carrying party flags, ransacked a few roadside eateries near Vasai, on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway, last night and destroyed their signboards written in Gujarati.