Overview

• On September 11 in Tiptur, G Parameshwara was seen at an ABVP-organised Rani Abbakka Rath Yatra and torchlight parade marking the warrior queen’s 500th anniversary.
• Media reports said he inaugurated the procession, while he told reporters he only stopped to offer floral tributes as it passed.
• A video circulating from the venue shows Parameshwara paying homage near an ABVP banner, according to IANS reporting.
• ABVP, associated with the RSS and aligned with the BJP, staged a chariot procession and rally as part of its outreach using Rani Abbakka’s legacy.
• The incident follows Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar reciting lines of the RSS anthem in the Assembly last month, and coverage notes criticism but no formal party action against Parameshwara so far.