Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Monday stated that he has directed the chief secretary to overview the proposal to impose curbs on RSS organising actions on authorities land as carried out by the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu.
Chatting with reporters in Bagalkot, he stated that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was making use of presidency land to organise its actions. “(Priyank) Kharge has written to the federal government asking us to ban it as it’s completed in Tamil Nadu,” he stated.
In a letter dated October 4, which was launched to the media on Sunday, Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge had urged Siddaramaiah to impose curbs on RSS shakhas and different occasions held on authorities land, resembling grounds belonging to authorities and aided faculties, public grounds, parks, temples underneath the Muzrai Division, locations underneath the Archaeology Division and another authorities land.
Primarily based on the letter, the CM had requested officers to overview the proposal and take crucial steps for a similar. The letter had triggered a row with BJP leaders, resembling B Y Vijayendra and Chief of Opposition R Ashok, lashing out at Kharge and the state authorities for contemplating the proposal. On Monday too, BJP leaders continued to assault Kharge, with MLC C T Ravi daring the minister to take part in a public debate relating to the contributions of RSS.
In the meantime, responding to a query on the dinner assembly scheduled on Monday night, Siddaramaiah dismissed speculations that it was linked to a doable Cupboard reshuffle. “There’s nothing particular concerning the dinner right now. There received’t be any revolution within the month of November,” he stated.
On calls for by the Valmiki neighborhood to incorporate their consultant within the Cupboard, he stated that one of many ministers from the neighborhood had resigned and was not sacked. Siddaramaiah was referring to B Nagendra, who resigned following allegations of a rip-off final yr. “We’ll contemplate together with a member of the Valmiki neighborhood within the Cupboard when growth takes place within the coming days,” he stated.