As former President Pranab Mukherjee gears up to address an RSS event in Nagpur, his daughter and Congress leader Sharmistha Mukherjee on Wednesday disapproved his decision, saying he was giving the BJP and the Sangh a handle to plant false stories, as his “speech will be forgotten” but the “visuals will remain”.

Sharmistha took to Twitter and warned her father of the consequences of attending such a meet.

Her outburst came soon after rumours about her joining the BJP cropped up ahead of Mukherjee’s visit to Nagpur.

She dismissed the “rumours” of her joining the BJP as “false” and alleged they were the handiwork of BJP’s “dirty tricks department”.

She said she would rather leave politics than quit the Congress.

In a series of tweets, she wrote, “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.”

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

“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.

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!” she added.

.@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

Mukherjee would be visiting the RSS headquarters on Thursday and would address a function there.

The visit has already given rise to a lot of speculation and a host of Congress leaders have urged the former president to review his decision for the sake of secularism.

Congress leader Ahmed Patel also took to Twitter and re-tweeted one of the tweets of Sharmistha saying that he didn’t expect this from “Pranab da!”

I did not expect this from Pranab da ! https://t.co/VBqXZ8x7SE

— Ahmed Patel (@ahmedpatel) June 6, 2018

(With agency inputs)