Overview

• Karnataka’s home minister said cabinet orders issued yesterday prohibit organisations like the RSS from using government schools, colleges and grounds.
• A state government officer was suspended for allegedly attending an RSS event, with the home minister stating officials are not supposed to join such organisations while in service.
• Minister Priyank Kharge criticized BJP MP Tejasvi Surya for backing the suspended official and highlighted Rule 5(1) of the Karnataka Civil Service (Conduct) Rules, 2021.
• Tejasvi Surya called the suspension unlawful, cited high court judgments he says support officials attending RSS programmes, and vowed to challenge the action in tribunals and courts.
• VHP spokesperson Vinod Bansal attacked the Congress-led government over moves to curb RSS activities on public premises.