Overview
- Minister Priyank Kharge’s October 4 letter urged a ban on RSS shakhas and events at government schools, parks, temples and other state properties, citing divisive messaging and unauthorized lathi drills.
- The Chief Minister’s Office released the letter on October 12 as RSS centenary route marches in Bengaluru used public school and municipal grounds, examples referenced in Kharge’s request.
- Chief Minister Siddaramaiah asked Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh to study Tamil Nadu’s curbs and review the proposal, with no statewide order or ban issued so far.
- BJP leaders denounced the proposal and shared a 2002 photo of Mallikarjun Kharge at an RSS event; Priyank Kharge said his father attended as Home Minister to warn organisers to maintain law and order.
- Priyank Kharge said he and his family have faced threats and abuse over his stance, as Congress leaders questioned RSS access to government facilities and the Home Minister stressed that any decision requires government deliberation.