Thiruvananthapuram: State Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithal wrote a letter to former President Pranab Mukherjee asking him to stay away from an RSS event.
Mukherjee, has been invited to be the chief guest at the valedictory function of Sangh Shiksha Varg - a training camp for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh volunteers - at the RSS headquarters in Nagpur, scheduled on June 7.
The former president has accepted the invitation, an RSS functionary said recently.
The Congress is stunned over the decision of the veteran leader. The party leaders have said that Pranab Mukherjee himself would clarify about the decision to take part in the event.