While Rahul Gandhi has accused the RSS of dividing people, Mohan Bhagwat claimed that the Sangh is trying to unite people.

Ratan Tata had earlier on December 29, 2016, paid a surprise visit to the RSS headquarters in Nagpur on his 79th birthday which his spokesperson then had termed as a “courtesy call”.

"When he (Mukherjee) was with a party, he belonged to them (Congress), but when he became the President of the country, he belonged to the whole country.   

"Vajpayee is stable. He continues to respond well to treatment and is being monitored closely by a team of doctors," AIIMS reiterated in a late evening update.

Earlier, he visited the birth place of the RSS founding Sarsanghachalak Keshav Baliram Hedgewar. Mukherjee was welcomed by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.

The event is hogging all the limelight as controversy erupted ever since Former President and the Congress veteran Pranab Mukherjee accepted the invite as the Chief Guest here.

Cautioning the government against “losing control and ownership of its skies”, Bhagwat said Air India’s operations have not been managed properly.

"The Muslim community in India did not destroy the Ram Mandir. Indian nationals can't do such a thing. Foreign forces destroyed temples here to demoralise Indians," Bhagwat said.

"The Muslim community in India did not destroy the Ram Mandir. Indian nationals can't do such a thing. Foreign forces destroyed temples here to demoralise Indians," Bhagwat said.

Top brass of the BJP, which considers the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as its ideological mentor, has often talked about a 'Congress-free India'.

Replying to a question about portraying Hindu religion in two different narratives--one as Hinduism and the other as Hindutva--Bhagwat said RSS considers Hindutva as the one and only narrative.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today called for using strength and tact to counter "forces seeking to divide the people" of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh and said trouble-makers only understood the language of power.

At its crucial triennial meeting of office bearers, the ruling BJP's ideological mentor passed a resolution on the need to protect and promote "Bhartiya" languages.

Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi will now continue in the post till 2021.

Addressing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh volunteers in Varanasi, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat asked Sangh workers to promote harmony in the society.

M Raju Nayiar, a resident of Muzaffarpur town, has filed the case in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate. The court has fixed February 15 to hear the case.

The clarification comes after Bhagwat faced a volley of attacks from political parties for the comment.

Addressing the workers at Zila school ground in Muzaffarpur on Sunday, RSS chief had said it may take Indian Army six-seven months to get battle-ready, but if need be RSS can prepare an army within three days

On Independence Day last year, Bhagwat had kicked up a row by hoisting the national flag at the government-aided Karnakiamman Higher Secondary School, flouting an order by the Palakkad collector.

"Unlike Nehru, Shastri did not harbour any ideological hostility towards the Jana Sangh and the RSS. He used to often invite Shri Guruji for consultation on national issues," Advani said.