The Karnataka Excessive Courtroom has requested the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to file a recent software with the Kalaburagi district administration looking for permission for a route march at Chittapur within the district. A bench of the court docket heard the petition filed by Ashok Patil, an RSS activist, in a particular sitting on Sunday.
The petition was filed after the Chittapur tahsildar declined to allow a route march to be organised by the RSS on Sunday. The tahsildar had sought further particulars such because the variety of individuals within the procession, audio system on the occasion, registration particulars of the organisation, amongst others. He additionally informed RSS representatives in a letter on Saturday that motion could be taken as per the legislation on the applying as soon as the related paperwork are submitted.
Whereas Patil initially sought instructions from the court docket to permit the route march on Sunday itself, he later filed an software saying that for the reason that permission was denied, the march could be held on November 2.
Justice M G S Kamal, who heard the petition, directed RSS representatives to file a recent software with the Kalaburagi district administration for the procession. Directing district authorities to think about the applying, the court docket additionally requested the district administration to submit a report on October 24.
The route march was scheduled at Chittapur, within the constituency represented by Karnataka Data Know-how/Biotechnology Minister Priyank Kharge, who had just lately sought a ban on RSS actions at authorities land and properties. On Thursday, the Cupboard determined to situation a authorities order regulating the usage of public areas and penalising organisations conducting occasions with out permission. The federal government order was issued on Saturday.
The tahsildar denied permission to the RSS as two Dalit organisations, Bhim Military and Dalit Panthers, had additionally sought permission for a procession on the identical route. If the marches are held on the identical route, there’s a excessive chance of clashes, the tahsildar mentioned whereas rejecting permission to the three teams.
Chief of the Opposition R Ashoka claimed that the court docket had allowed the RSS to carry a route march on November 2. “The political drama staged to cease the RSS march stands utterly uncovered,” he mentioned in a publish on X.