Former President Pranab Mukherjee's daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's loyalists. She said, "Rahul’s Bhakt-chelas who call my father 'Sanghi' over RSS visit, I dare them to question their leader on why he hugged PM Narendra Modi...whom his mother called 'maut ka saudagar'." She added, "All the best to Rahul...to revive Congress with this bunch of...sycophants!"