MP from Gujarat and close aide of the Gandhi family, Ahmed Patel, expressed his disappointment with former President Pranab Mukherjee’s decision to accept the RSS’ invitation to address their cadres.
I did not expect this from Pranab da ! https://t.co/VBqXZ8x7SE
— Ahmed Patel (@ahmedpatel) June 6, 2018
According to Sunetra Choudhury of NDTV, the tweet was made following specific instruction from former Congress President Sonia Gandhi. CEO of NDTV, Suparna Singh, tweeted the NDTV journalist’s revelation as well.
This tweet suggesting @CitiznMukherjee gone rogue was ordered by Sonia Gandhi, reports @sunetrac https://t.co/XRKzZlZs78
— Suparna Singh (@Suparna_Singh) June 7, 2018
Pranab Mukherjee has been facing intense pressure from members of his former party to cancel his visit to Nagpur. His own daughter, Sharmishta Mukherjee, has also urged her father to reconsider his decision on Twitter.
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
Ever since the news of Pranab Mukherjee’s address to RSS cadres became public, Congress party members have been miffed with the decision of the former party stalwart. Veerappa Moily went to the extent of asserting that Mukherjee’s address to RSS cadres will create ‘undesirable difference’ in the country. Several Congress leaders had even written to him requesting him to change his mind. If Sunetra Choudhury’s claims are true, then it appears the pressure on Mukherjee was built at the behest of the Nehru-Gandhi family.
