Overview

• On Wednesday, Priyank Kharge shared an audio clip of an unidentified caller using abusive language, calling it a sample of threats he has received since urging limits on RSS events at state institutions.
• Kharge said he will not immediately lodge a police case over the calls, arguing a complaint would penalise the caller rather than those who influenced him.
• His October 12 letter asked Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to bar RSS shakhas and related programmes from government schools, colleges and public grounds, while clarifying he is not seeking a ban on the organisation itself.
• Siddaramaiah directed the Chief Secretary to study Tamil Nadu’s measures on restricting such activities, and Home Minister G. Parameshwara said action hinges on formal complaints and police law-and-order assessments.
• The BJP condemned Kharge’s move and noted RSS held roughly 100 public events in Bengaluru the day he made his request, many on government property.